Was DD11 supposed to be able to do this???

Sandy,

Some more details on exactly what you were doing and what the problem was might help.

What build of DD 11 were you using? It should definately be able to resize a partition.

I have 2 drives on that computer (the C and a D drive) and I wanted to take some space from D as I am running out of space on C (where the OS is.) I don't think there was a problem... I just couldn't figure out how. I attached the directions from the user manual from DD11. I don't' understand them - period.

I have purchased DD11 and TI 2011 and don't have a good handle on the program anymore. Each build it becomes more and more difficult... which is why I am using the older versions. That is not the norm for me either, I always upgrade - I have the latest OS for everything... but it has taken me all night reading to figure out what I never had to read about in DD10 - and is that my fault? If I can successfully get it done with DD10 then my stupidity would only be partially to blame, which is why I posted this. If they lose me... they have to lose others like me. People who liked the program, but can no longer figure it out. I get it when the task is complicated - but resizing is not.

If it is capable I will take another look - but it should not be this hard, because it wasn't' this hard for DD10.

Sandy

Show the screenshots of DD11 window. If you have two physical drives, then it seems to be impossible - you can't make a bootable volume spanned. If these are two partitions on a single disk, there should be no problems (but make backups first).

Hi dev-anon,

It’s an Acer that came with the recovery (PQService) and then the C drive with the OS and a D drive for data… I never liked the setup and over time have taken space from the D to the C. DD10 does this very quickly by just a few selections – it basically walks you through it…using language and pictures so you understand what is happening.

I tried with DD11 again tonight to make it do the same thing – to do it I had to make the D smaller first – and the space went to unallocated – then I went and made the C larger which sucked up the unallocated. I didn’t understand the screens very well or the selections and what they meant, even after reading the user manual.

I in no way like or prefer dumbed down software or OS’ and getting the balance right can be hard… You want the more basic features to be executed in a very basic way while still leaving options for the more advanced users. Maybe Acronis only wants advanced users for this program. TI 2011 has become more like that as well… I asked my mother what a “Backup Scheme” meant to her and she said, “You are plotting evil and have a backup plan for it.” Scheme means that to us… to plot evil. So you can get confused just by the language used in the program… but to each his own – it’s hard to please everybody and Acronis can do what they want… this is just me posting the hard time I had resizing with DD11, that was mind numbingly simply with DD10.

Tonight I finally wiped out the D drive entirely using DD11 – that was easier than resizing – I just hit “merge” ( a word I get and understand) and it asked which two drives to merge, and that was that. I found out Acer has 5GB’s of stuff on this “data” drive… Acronis put it in a file and called it “Merged volume DATA.” I have no idea if this stuff is really needed. I attached a print screen of it. There are 2 files with over 2GB of stuff, 1 is I386 (which I have heard is an XP thing, this is a Vista computer???) and the other is a few down called “PRELOAD.” Do you think I need these files? I don’t think they have anything to do with the recovery because I have read the recovery is the PQService drive which I have left untouched (this question is for anybody that may know)...

Thanks,
Sandy

I found out Acer has 5GB’s of stuff on this “data” drive

On PQService or some other 'data' drive, so that you has four of them total - pqservece, c, d and 'acer data' ? Anyway it looks like you merged the recovery partition into your data drive.

I did some reading about Acer and what they do before I wiped out the D... what I read is PQService is the recovery and the C is the OS and D was labeled as "data." C and D were equal when I first bought it - 33GB for C and 33GB for D. It had 3 partitions total - now I just have PQService and C. Right now I am testing by removing the i386 (which, from everything I have read is for XP.) I purchased this computer a week after Vista was released... maybe Acer had this as an XP and converted it to Vista and sold it..??.. But I am currently testing to see if it can boot without those 2 files holding 5GB of "stuff." I also have the recovery CD's I made when I initially bought the computer - that with the PQService should get me some kind of recovery as this computer did not come with a Windows OS DVD. In addition, I have multiple Acronis Backups of it so if I do lose the recovery (which I don't think I did) I would be okay. I will have to admit, those 2 files, i386 and PreLoad on the D drive freaked me out... weird.

I don't think there will be any problems deleting those folders. You've already moved them (I think that would have caused a problem if it was going to).

Hi Mudcrab,

I was actually hoping you might give your 2 cents here before I went in the other room to do this... because your 2 cents is invaluable really - and I mean that. If I didn't really need the space on that machine I wouldn't bother - but I do. I feel a little better about "testing" this now...

Just for the heck of it - I will post how it goes.

Thanks for your comments!!

Sandy

No problems!!! I now have 5GB's more space... and as we all know, 5GB's is no small amount. That is a killer size score, yes indeed! The Acer is old but hearty... I have had to replace 3 motherboards in an expensive Dell while my Acer just keeps rolling... and only 1 new battery as well - where Dell's have to be replaced every 13 months (yes, 13 - not 12 or 14, but 13. every-single-time.) Don't get me wrong, I love my Dells, including Alienware, but the Acer has proved very tough...

I bought DD11 because I want to boot Linux. I have been doing a lot of reading about it, the swap and what version I would want. I sure hope using DD11 to do so doesn't prove as difficult as "resizing" has - or you will be hearing more from me on this forum than you would care to.

5GB's! Wooo Hooo....

Sandy