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Alright, I just installed Windows 7 x64 (for like the 3rd time, gotta keep up with the builds) and here is my dilemma.

Current layout of partitions, disks, etc is, as read in Disk Management from left to right on visual representation:

Disk 0

232 GB:

System Reserved D:\ 100 MB (Primary Partition)

H:\ 154.6 GB Freshly formatted (Primary Partition)

C:\ 78.13 GB Windows 7 x64 OS, programs, etc (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)

I can't seem to extend the 78 GB volume into the 154 GB free space, unallocated or formatted. I am thinking that

in my mind, I should have saved the data from the 154 GB to another source, and just installed freshly to a blank

slate. Is there a third-party app that will let me reoccupy the 154 GB partition without having to reinstall? Norton?

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That was my first thought. I have fiddled with partitioning before with no mistakes or errors.

When right-clicking on the 154GB partition, whether its unallocated or already formatted, the only option available is "New Simple Volume".

In the same case, when I right-click on the current OS volume (78GB one), I can only Shrink Volume as the others are grayed out.

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In that case you need to use a different partition manager. I don't really know much about free partition managers, although I think GParted would work.

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Well, I haven't really made much progress, but as it stands now (graphically):

Disk 0

Basic

233 GB

154 Unallocated followed by 78 GB (C partition)

I'm wondering if I should just reinstall at this point, rather than try to go through the trouble of moving and ensuring everything works smoothly. If I'm not mistaken,

reinstalling at this point would put the Windows 7 x64 install at the beginning of the drive, correct?

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If you don't need to maintain the partitions and you can reinstall.

Boot off of a Win7 disk. And when you get to picking the drive, click advanced and you can deleted/create partitions. So I'd just delete them all and make one (if that's what you're trying to do!)

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If you don't need to maintain the partitions and you can reinstall.

Boot off of a Win7 disk. And when you get to picking the drive, click advanced and you can deleted/create partitions. So I'd just delete them all and make one (if that's what you're trying to do!)

Yeah, this is the easiest way to do it, but I'm sure GParted would increase the size of C:\ by taking space from the deleted H:\ partition, and that way you wouldn't need to lose Windows 7.

Well, I haven't really made much progress, but as it stands now (graphically):

Disk 0

Basic

233 GB

154 Unallocated followed by 78 GB (C partition)

I'm wondering if I should just reinstall at this point, rather than try to go through the trouble of moving and ensuring everything works smoothly. If I'm not mistaken,

reinstalling at this point would put the Windows 7 x64 install at the beginning of the drive, correct?

What do you mean by 'install at the beginning of the drive'? because Windows 7 x64 is currently installed on the C: partition on your computer, which looks fine to me - reinstalling Windows 7 would do nothing to change that.

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Wouldn't 'Extend' in Disk Management only be greyed out if the partition you were trying to extend had something other than free space in front of it? If that is the case, GParted can move partitions. Defrag first before trying to modify partitions. You need the OS disc to repair the partition afterwards so have it handy.

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I use Easeus Partition Manager. It is free and does whatever partitioning work you want it to do. However, it is better to backup everything. This app has not failed me so far, but you had better make sure.

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I was able to sort it out after some patience and thinking. After reading on various sites regarding partitioning, if the free space is to the right of the

partition you are working with...every thing usually works when moving, resizing, etc. However, in my situation, where the free space is on the left, things

get a little more complicated.

I ended up installing again (wasn't bad since I hadn't reinstalled progs, documents, etc yet the first time) and finally got it all sorted out. Thanks for the suggestions.

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