Cosmin Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Hi..Just got a brand new Asus laptop which comes only a 256gb SSD. Any advices how to setup correct my partitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 15, 2017 MVC Share Posted December 15, 2017 Looks good. I'd just keep it the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 How can I add another partition & split the existent one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 OK - I really dont understand. Maybe Im slow, but the obvious things that come to mind: 1.) WTF are you talking about ? 2.) You havent stated why you need to partition it 3.) Why change ? 4.) What exactly do you think you're trying to accomplish ? 5.) Did I miss something here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2017 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Cosmin said: How can I add another partition & split the existent one? Because your drive is completely allocated to C: currently, you'll first need to shrink it to your required size and then create a new simple volume for the 2nd partition, again to the required size. Repeat as many times as needed. T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, Cosmin said: How can I add another partition & split the existent one? Oh ! OK - hit Windows key & type Disk Management Now you can add partitions - but again .... why ? Or you can use any number of free Partition Mgr utes out there - I like MiniTool Why again do you feel you need to partition things? I mean - how confusing can it get ? You only have 256GB.... +1 What Andrew said - you need to shrink C before you can add more. Did I asky why ? yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 I need an additional partition for easier organizing my stuff..do you undertand? if not.. go home. OK..did this.. but I'm a bit worried by the large file size allocated for system reserved..is there a chance to grab some hundreds from there and add to the D drive? or C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted December 15, 2017 Supervisor Share Posted December 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, Cosmin said: I need an additional partition for easier organizing my stuff..do you undertand? if not.. go home. OK..did this.. but I'm a bit worried by the large file size allocated for system reserved..is there a chance to grab some hundreds from there and add to the D drive? or C? not without reimaging the drive you can extend a partition forward on a disk but not backwards without risking corruption or affecting the boot table if it is a boot partition. booting into GParted disk will let you do this (after showing a warning) but the windows disk manager will not allow it. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted December 15, 2017 Member Share Posted December 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cosmin said: I need an additional partition for easier organizing my stuff..do you undertand? if not.. go home. OK..did this.. but I'm a bit worried by the large file size allocated for system reserved..is there a chance to grab some hundreds from there and add to the D drive? or C? Honestly, I'd be more inclined to add a SD card to use as your data drive rather than partition the SSD. And frequent backups, since SD cards do occasionally fail. But the advice Andrew gave will do the job. I don't know if you'd be able to take from the System Reserved partition, and I don't think it'd be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2017 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2017 I wouldn't worry about a few 100 MB, it's not worth messing with when you have over 200 GB free. DConnell and Brandon H 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Cosmin said: I need an additional partition for easier organizing my stuff..do you undertand? if not.. go home. OK..did this.. but I'm a bit worried by the large file size allocated for system reserved..is there a chance to grab some hundreds from there and add to the D drive? or C? LOL - This is the funniest thread I have read in weeks ! OK seriously - though. Dude - I know this is your 1st time. The reason I am going on is because you are wasting your time for something that will result in next to no difference. Your best betstop messing around trying to put a couple grains of sand in your sandbox - it wont matter. Now - if you were nicer - I'd tell you how to squeeze another ~5GB - but... oh well good luck with that 100MB LOL DConnell, adrynalyne and Cosmin 1 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted December 15, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted December 15, 2017 You might be able to use EaseUS Partition Master (free) to do this. That small 38GB C: partition may become an issue down the road and I would extend it out (or merge it with the D: partition). Though, backup ... backup ... backup in case your partition table gets blasted (if you decide to do anything). I wouldn't mess with or worry about the System Reserve partition. Edit: Ooooooh...I see you that you had shrunk the C drive. Bad move IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 52 minutes ago, Cosmin said: I need an additional partition for easier organizing my stuff..do you undertand? if not.. go home. OK..did this.. but I'm a bit worried by the large file size allocated for system reserved..is there a chance to grab some hundreds from there and add to the D drive? or C? its only 548mb in total with 172Mb free, not worth the effort. 38Gb as an OS drive is cutting it fine IMO, 60Gb is the minimum id recommend for OS. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 OK guys.. so you recommend to extend C drive until ~60Gb's and leave everything like it is ? Another reason for having 2 partitions.. if your O.S. fails and you need to reinstall it..you will lose all your date from the one and only C drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 15 minutes ago, Cosmin said: OK guys.. so you recommend to extend C drive until ~60Gb's and leave everything like it is ? Another reason for having 2 partitions.. if your O.S. fails and you need to reinstall it..you will lose all your date from the one and only C drive. if you set it up as GPT partitions you have to nuke all partitions on the drive with each install of OS anyways so the old "keep data on a separate partition" is a bit of a dated idea these days. I usually just use a linux live cd to recover any files on C, although i keep important data on a NAS. and yep if you really must carve up the drive (i usually advise against it on SSDS) use at least 60Gb for OS, i tend to go for 100Gb OS vol these days. for servers and desktops. Cosmin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 And for increasing the file size for C drive.. I have to shrink what's needed and extend C..right? Only this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 23 minutes ago, Cosmin said: And for increasing the file size for C drive.. I have to shrink what's needed and extend C..right? Only this.. yep, pretty much. Cosmin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Thanks a lot for your support. Any idea why it's not possible from W10 to extend C Drive? Edited December 16, 2017 by Cosmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 nuke the D drive and youll be able to then rebuild D with remaining mate. Its because there is 2 primary partitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 after all the procedure.. it's ok.. but I still have 2 primary partitions. it's ok like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted December 16, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted December 16, 2017 Do you still have the 38/180 GB split? That could become an issue down the road (for example the next big Windows 10 update). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Well - at least he's listening to suggestions. @OP - you can't move C, until you shrink D to allow the room for C to move into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 14 hours ago, Cosmin said: after all the procedure.. it's ok.. but I still have 2 primary partitions. it's ok like this? yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 16/12/2017 at 10:30 AM, Cosmin said: Another reason for having 2 partitions.. if your O.S. fails and you need to reinstall it..you will lose all your date from the one and only C drive. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I personally lean towards single partition on each device/volume these days and do a touch of under provisioning for OS vol. These are RAID volumes hardware level, but same rule applies with AHCI drives. Makes you lean towards archiving important stuff you need to keep OFF the PC altogether. NAS ftw! Backup is easy, 3, 2, 1 mindset, 3 Copies, in 2 different formats and 1 completely offline (DVD-R, BD-R) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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