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I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way I
can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista to
re install only the installed version on the small partition.
Is there anyone who can offer some help please
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Hi, Paul,
Right click computer and select manage,
Select Disk Management and open your screen to full,
You should see how your disk looks,
C: drive should be the biggest,
At the top of the screen you should see how much is capacity and how much is
free space.
Usually the 8mb partition is used for recovery in case of disaster.
Don't copy any files there.
C: drive is where the operating system is installed.
You can shrink C: drive and create another partition if you need to.
Jerry
"Paul Williams" <Paul Williams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way
> I
> can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista
> to
> re install only the installed version on the small partition.
>
> Is there anyone who can offer some help please
>
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Vista will not install on 8G partition.
What you are seeing is the Recovery Partition, which you are supposed to use
to make Recovery disks in case of Hard drive failure, and also to use to
repair back to Factory condition in case of Operating System crash.
Leave it alone!
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Mad Mike
"Paul Williams" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way I
> can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista to
> re install only the installed version on the small partition.
>
> Is there anyone who can offer some help please
>
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I have two partitions on my HD, one is C:\ with windows vista home prem on it
I chose to update it as I jhaven't had a plug for it for a while and it only
now has 215MB left and the other partition D:\ has one program I've installed
google chrome and it is empty with 80Gb free there is no recovery partition
as far as I can see
Any other advice you can come up with please
TA
"Mick Murphy" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Vista will not install on 8G partition.
>
> What you are seeing is the Recovery Partition, which you are supposed to use
> to make Recovery disks in case of Hard drive failure, and also to use to
> repair back to Factory condition in case of Operating System crash.
>
> Leave it alone!
> --
> Mad Mike
>
>
> "Paul Williams" wrote:
>
> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way I
> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista to
> > re install only the installed version on the small partition.
> >
> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please
> >
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Paul,
Which is it, 8GB or 80GB?
Jerry
"Paul Williams" <Paul Williams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1A6B4F3-2C2A-4584-9047-C13D3090D936[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of
> 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way
> I
> can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista
> to
> re install only the installed version on the small partition.
>
> Is there anyone who can offer some help please
>
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The C:\ drive is 8gb in total and has 200Mb free and,
the D:\ drive is 80gbin total with 79gb free
the C:\ drive is the one with vista on and it's not a recover partition either
TA
"JerryM" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Paul, > Which is it, 8GB or 80GB? > > Jerry > > "Paul Williams" <Paul Williams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E1A6B4F3-2C2A-4584-9047-C13D3090D936[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition of > > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any way > > I > > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of vista > > to > > re install only the installed version on the small partition. > > > > Is there anyone who can offer some help please > > > |
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Paul,
There is something wrong here,
Vista when first installed is a little over 17GB in size.
After you start adding programs it will jump to, from 22GB to around 35GB in
size.
You say C: drive is only 8GB which doesn't make sense.
Are you booting from D: drive?
Or are you using another computer?
Jerry
"Paul Williams" <PaulWilliams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED0325D5-DDD6-481C-A5AB-399D57ACF550[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > The C:\ drive is 8gb in total and has 200Mb free and, > the D:\ drive is 80gbin total with 79gb free > the C:\ drive is the one with vista on and it's not a recover partition > either > > TA > > "JerryM" wrote: > >> Paul, >> Which is it, 8GB or 80GB? >> >> Jerry >> >> "Paul Williams" <Paul Williams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:E1A6B4F3-2C2A-4584-9047-C13D3090D936[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a partition >> > of >> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there any >> > way >> > I >> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy of >> > vista >> > to >> > re install only the installed version on the small partition. >> > >> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please >> > >> |
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FYI, a fresh, clean install of Vista Business takes up a bit less than 7
GB, and after drivers are installed and the system has been running for
a while (and finished indexing, etc.) it takes up just under 10GB.
However, I don't think it will let you install it on a partition that
small, seems like I remember it requiring 15GB to install.
--
Zaphod
No matter where you go, there you are!
"JerryM" <jerrym526[ at ]msn.org> wrote in message
news:OcsFf69WJHA.1528[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Paul, > There is something wrong here, > Vista when first installed is a little over 17GB in size. > After you start adding programs it will jump to, from 22GB to around > 35GB in size. > You say C: drive is only 8GB which doesn't make sense. > Are you booting from D: drive? > Or are you using another computer? > > Jerry > > "Paul Williams" <PaulWilliams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:ED0325D5-DDD6-481C-A5AB-399D57ACF550[ at ]microsoft.com... >> The C:\ drive is 8gb in total and has 200Mb free and, >> the D:\ drive is 80gbin total with 79gb free >> the C:\ drive is the one with vista on and it's not a recover >> partition either >> >> TA >> >> "JerryM" wrote: >> >>> Paul, >>> Which is it, 8GB or 80GB? >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> "Paul Williams" <Paul Williams[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >>> message >>> news:E1A6B4F3-2C2A-4584-9047-C13D3090D936[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> > I got my computer repaired and the man put windows vista on a >>> > partition of >>> > 8gb, I just updated windows and I am running out of space is there >>> > any way >>> > I >>> > can increase the size of the partition. I do not have a har copy >>> > of vista >>> > to >>> > re install only the installed version on the small partition. >>> > >>> > Is there anyone who can offer some help please >>> > >>>
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I wasn't aware of that,
He didn't mention what version he had,
Thanks,
Jerry
"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <Zaphod.Arisztid.Beeblebrox[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ghtumn$aji$1[ at ]news.motzarella.org...
[Quoted Text] > FYI, a fresh, clean install of Vista Business takes up a bit less than 7
> GB, and after drivers are installed and the system has been running for a
> while (and finished indexing, etc.) it takes up just under 10GB. However,
> I don't think it will let you install it on a partition that small, seems
> like I remember it requiring 15GB to install.
>
> --
> Zaphod
>
> No matter where you go, there you are!
<Snip>
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