partition management

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    Windows 8 Changing User Directory (C: to D:)

    Hey all, i\'ve upgraded my win7 yesterday to win8. But in win7, i\'ve chaged the user directory from c:\\users\\NAME to d:\\users\\NAME, creating in c:\\users an alias from d:\\users. But I dont know how can I do it in win8. All my files are in d:\\ and the partition c:\\ is only 17gb free, i...
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    Windows 7 Win7 boot in boot recovery mode

    Every time I boot my computer, it come up loading files, the open the boot recovery mode. If I leave it, it says that it fix one error, then it restarts and does the same again. The error was that it the boot.ini was missing. So I booted it up with ubuntu, and created an empty boot.ini file...
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    Windows 7 The Ultimate Boot CD

    Boot Up Any Computer, Rescue Windows and Data in 5 mins!, well maybe not 5 minutes, but fairly close. Many of you already know and have probably used this CD before as it has been around for ages. This is for those who do not know about it and that you may find it extremely useful. The CD...
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    Windows 7 Including some commands in an unatttend file

    Hi Running the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot /unattend:c:\Unattend.xml command in Audit mode, how do I create an answer file that allows to: 1) include a partition in the system protection of Windows 7 SP1. 2) rename and put a password to the Administrator account. 3) permanently...
  5. Windows 7 Windows 7 Changing system partition

    Earlier I had two partitions, D(logical) and C(system). Now, I have added a new HDD and I've made two new partitions, B(logical) and S(system), now I want to format C and install Windows in S partition. What's the best way to do it? I hope you can help me guys!
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    Windows 7 Drive labeling confusion in Disk Management

    I have four internal drives and an external Drobo drive. The internal drives are my concern in this query. All are working well and I could just leave well alone, but my sense of order requires me to get all these different descriptions into conformity with each other. Active/Not Active...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 won't boot -- "broken" MBR -- help please!

    So some time ago I installed Ubuntu and I've ever since been irritated by having GRUB for my bootloader. Stupidly, yesterday I tried to change that. Here are all the steps I've taken so far: Tried to change bootloader whilst I was logged into Windows 7. Rebooted and it had failed miserably...
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    Windows 7 System Restore Extremely Slow Win 7 64bit

    I have had Win 7 64bit installed on my C: Partition which contains System Files and Program Files. Data is stored on Partition E:. The System has functioned perfectly untill straight after installing updates on 16/02/2012.I believe some of these updates were: KB2660465, KB2645640, KB2654428 and...
  9. Windows 7 Dual Boot XP and Win7-problem: ntoskrnl.ex

    So I have a computer that now has XP/32 and Win7 64, installed all on the same disk, with two partitions that, while in XP, are id'd as C (XP) and H (Win7). Whenever I boot up and choose XP from the Boot Manager I get into XP, no problem. But if I choose Win7 from the Boot Manager, then I get...
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    Windows 7 Converting a dynamic disk to basic without data loss

    Hello All, Would really appreciate some help. I initially had 1 500gb dynamic disk, with one partition containing all my documents and windows files. I created a partition in the free space to copy my documents into so I could overwrite Windows keeping my documents intact. However I...
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    Windows 7 Want another mod in "sort by" that will be permanent

    Link Removed every time when i go to any folder, weather its external usb or hard drive or phone or just folder in partition, when i want to see the files by "date modified" i never have it in the right click - "sort by" term. how can i apply it to all folders and have it all the time im...
  12. Windows 7 Boot error ------> " RUSJO is compressed"

    Hi all! I'm new to this forum so bear with me. ;) Last night, I started to compress my c: in windows through the properties window, but then decided to cancel it about 15 seconds after the process began. There were no problems until I tried to boot windows this morning and got the following...
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    Windows 7 Where are SystemRestorePoint stored? Changing partition possible?

    As far as I know System Restore Points are stored in a system folder "SystemRestoreVolume" Ok, but on which partition is this folder? Is it ALWAYS on the same partition as the saved/monitored partition? I have a Win7 system partition C: and a (big) data partition D: Can I tell Win7...
  14. New Updated! EASEUS Partition Master 7.1.1 Now Supports Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1

    EASEUS Software, the leading provider of affordable, scalable partition management, data recovery and backup utilities, has updated its Windows hard disk and partition manager EASEUS Partition Master More...
  15. Windows 7 Do I need to reinstall OS after upgrading my HDD?

    I currently have 3 SATA drives. 1.5TB x2 and 1TB x1 Drive partitions as following: C: 499GB D: 897GB E: 499GB F: 897GB G: 931GB I am installing a new 2TB SATA 3 drive, but on SATA 2 mode for now. New config of drives will be quite similar except for that I will be merging the partition of the...
  16. Windows 7 Free EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition! [24-hours only]............6/10/2010

    Today dotTech teams up with CHENGDU YIWO Tech Development Co., Ltd. to bring dotTechies a world renowned and respected partition management tool for free: EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition! EASEUS Partition Master is a popular name when it comes to partition management tools for...
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    Windows 7 Program Request

    i found a way to edit the bootres.dll AKA the Windows 7 boot flag BUT modifing the bootres creates a [data-1] partition in the dll this contains info saying that the certificate is NOT VALID anymore i hex edited out this data contained in the partition but the partition remains there...
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    Windows 7 Reformat Question

    In Disk Management it show my hard drive disk 0 as No Name (OEM Partition), Recovery, and OS (C:), so my question is how do I format my hard drive, so that I do not have the recovery partion since I have the recovery disk, so I can get more disk space and reinstall windows? The reason I want to...
  19. Windows 7 How to Avoid 200MB Hidden System Partition From Been Created During Windows 7 Installation

    The small 200MB partition actually holds Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), which only available from DVD installation disc in previous operating system such as Windows Vista (see how to launch WinRE on DVD). The partition holds system files and bootable files that are essential to boot the...
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    Windows 7 Relocating a folder in my User Profile

    I have one application that insists on storing log files and profiles at: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local. When I try to moe it to my E:\ partition it gets hung with the error message: I have tried deleting all non-essential processes within Task Manager to no avail. Any ideas...