Expanding the system partition, windows vista.

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Hello.
Sorry for my bad English.
I didn't find Russian support forum.

I have notebook Asus with oem windows vista home basic sp2 32bit.

Can I merge 4.88gb partition to system drive C with Disk Director, if it is physically located in front of him?
See the screenshot "volumes2.jpg current state" in attachments.

Problem here is:
will windows vista still boot?

Previously, my hard disk was divided into three sections:
1. 4.88gb - asus hidden recovery partition
2. 44.72gb - system partition
3. 24.93gb - data partition.
See "volumes.jpg state before" in attachments.

I joined the system partition and data partition in one section standard tools windows vista (diskmgmt.msc).

Then I deleted the hidden partition and formatted in ntfs.

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Mon, 03/22/2010 - 13:53
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Do you have a current backup image of the drive? Hopefully, you do. It's always best to backup before making partitioning changes.

I would recommend not using the Merge feature. Instead, delete the 4GB partition and then Resize the Vista partition to use the space.

If you don't generalize the BCD file before you make these changes, Vista will need a boot repair after the changes in order to boot. The boot repair can be done using any standard Microsoft Vista OEM or retail DVD.

If you want to generalize the BCD file, instructions can be found in Post #1 of this thread. This is recommended if you don't have access to a Vista DVD to use for boot repairs.

If you need more detailed instructions or have any questions, let us know.

Mon, 03/22/2010 - 16:55
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Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but I would really like to know the answer to the original question posed by the OP:

"Can I merge 4.88gb partition to system drive C with Disk Director, if it is physically located in front of him?"

I have an identical configuration on an Asus laptop running Windows 7 Pro. The sizes of the partitions are much larger (see attached 'disk_config.png') but the question remains: If I don't care what is on the Recovery partition anymore, can the Recovery partition be merged with the C partition using Disk Director?

I have tried using the Windows Disk Manager but all of the options that I need are grey'd out. There is no 'merge' option. At present the current state of the Recovery Partition is 'Unallocated'.

Also, what did the 'Acronis MVP Volunteer' mean by 'BCD' ?

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Sat, 10/20/2012 - 13:06
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danielk:

BCD is the Boot Configuration Database used by Windows Vista, 7, and 8.

You can use Disk Director to enlarge the C partition but do not, repeat, do not use the "Merge" function in Disk Director. You have an unallocated partition in front of the C partition, so all you need to do is to enlarge the partition. Here is what you should do:

1. If you have Acronis True Image, make a complete disk backup. If not, use Windows 7 to save a disk image to external storage. This is your recovery method if something goes wrong.

2. Since you are going to be moving the C partition's location you should first "generalize" the BCD so that Windows will still boot after the partition is moved. This step is necessary since the BCD references files and partitions by their current sector locations on the disk. If you move things around the references will be incorrect and Windows won't boot. So perform the generalization procedure referenced here to avoid that issue: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=185731 (the article was written for Windows Vista but the procedure for Windows 7 is exactly the same as for Vista).

3. After doing the above step 2, reboot your PC to check.

4. Boot your PC from the Disk Director bootable media (CD or flash drive). Verify that the "Disk Layout" (near the top right of the screen) is set for Windows 7. Right-click on the C partition and choose "Resize Volume". Drag the graphic image of the partition to the left until it starts at the beginning of the disk. Then drag the slider on the right side of the partition graphic to enlarge the partition from the right. Make sure that the "Unallocated space before volume" is zero and the "Unallocated space after volume" is as small as possible so that the partition fills the space between the start of the disk and the beginning of the D partition. Commit this operation and let it complete.

5. Remove the Disk Director CD and reboot the PC to check.

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 15:25
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