partition management

I am going to do a clean install of Windows 7. On my HD I have a Recovery partition that was installed by the PC maker. I have my Vista disk and do not need the recovery partition. My question is this: When I perform the clean install and at the Windows 7 screen that is entitled "Where do you...

this happened with two hard disk drives. ill only talk about the one im using right now. i installed windows and some programs. i right clicked on the C partition where the OS is installed then properties. 97.9 space used 11.1 space available. Total size is 109 as you can see. thats right. I...

I've been using the Win 7 RC for quite a while now, and really have enjoyed it. Ordered a couple copies of the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for my wife and I. Got her PC all updated no hitch. Unfortunately, I've been fighting the process on my system all night long. It's just been one thing...

Hello, I run Windows 7 for at least 4 weeks and I never had problems with it, so I decided to remove the now unneeded XP Partition. My Problem is that after this Windows 7 refused to boot. I suppose that either the Windows Bootmanager was on the XP Partition I removed. My Partition Table...

Is there a way to change the default directory for storing program files in Win7. I would like to use a different partition from the OS partition.

hi friends,i have just now installed windows 7 rc on my computer,but during installation i have accidentally clicked Load driver button(at the stage where it asks for partition,format,new,load driver,etc) and then my D drive button and came back and continued with my installation.After complete...

Didnt find such a tutorial if I installed windows 7 on a partition of my vista or xp and then removing vista or xp if I decided to keep windows 7 permanently. by trial an error I managed to get it done with the following steps. if you are unsure, do a full PC backup first before you attempt...

Ok.. So here's the mess I made that I need help with. 1. I have 2HD's with one hosting Windows 7 x86 and the other hosting a Windows 7 x64 2. I finally got x64 up and usable for everything I needed so wanted to get rid of the x586 partition 3. I deleted the x586 partition using GParted 4...

Hello, I recently used GParted to shrink my XP and Win7 partitions so that I could create a third partition. Since I had some extra space inbetween the shrunk partitions, I moved the Win7 partition as close as I could to the XP partition. I basically moved my partition over a little bit...

LG GGW-H20L not handled on Win 7 x64 works perfect in Xp Pro x64. I have a split 500g drive with Xp on one partition and Win7 on the other. Using another SATA drive for file dumping, and LG using the 3rd and final SATA port on the Dell P490 I am using. Device manager recognizes the drive...

Something happened.... I don't know what, but have one partition and 2 drive (un-partitioned) that I can't read. This seems like an easy fix IF I can find a program to do it. The drive appears to be intact. Paragon partition manager show correct info about drives. I can even BOOT to windows 7...

I've never had this problem before, and as they've done away with boot.ini I'm not sure how to approach it. In BIOS the order was CD>Hard Disk>etc as I installed it. Then after the first reboot I changed it to Hard Disk>CD>etc, and removed the install disc. Saved settings, reboot, post, and...

hi i have 3 other opperating systems installed on the same harddrive as my windows 7 (vista, mac osx and ubtuntu) and none of the drives show up in windows 7 not even the vista's c: drive. how can i get to see my other harddrives?