utility supplied by Winbook to create a suspend partition on the hard drive. The utility apparently measures the memory capacity of the machine and creates a partition large enough to store the main and video memory and maybe a few other things. Now that I?ve got windows (2000) and office and all the updates installed, I want to increase physical memory but that?ll result in the suspend partition being too small.Is there a way to increase the size of the suspend partition without starting all over again?I know there is partition manager software out there but I?ve never used any.
Over a year ago when I setup my new system and before installing most of my APPS, I backed it up to a small HD. My Win Xp Pro MCE 2004 has become a little buggy (MY FAULT).How would I copy or clone the smaller HD over to my 80GB drive AND maintain the larger partitions? I have Ghost 2003 but I'm not sure if it permits me to set the partition size when copying HD's.
Is there a maximim partition size for Windows XP PRO. I have a 232 gig hard drive (new) and am installing Windows XP PRO. Do I need to create smaller partitions?
I have an 300GB Maxtor drive with a 234GB partition (drive C and an unallocated unformatted partition covering the rest (after I accidentally deleted it).Windows XPSP3 shows the partition in explorer as drive E: but with no size and I can't access it.When I right click the partition and choose Format it shows as 257GB big so I backed out.Acronis shows the drive the correct size but won't let me format it.
I'm planning on doing a new install of WinXP and wouldlike to keep the operating system on its own partition.How much room should I allow. I understand that XP is ever-expanding and I worry about running out of room eventually.
I've just built my first PC using a WD 3200JD SATA hard drive. When I try to install XP Pro the biggest partition size is 131069MB. Is this the limit for XP? If so, will I be able to create a new partition after I install XP on the 131069MB partition. By BIOS recognizes the drive as 320GB. I don't want to loose the remaining space on the drive.
I just got my Service Pack 2 and tried to install it, but don't have enough free space on my C partition (FAT32 File System type). I have 15.97GB allocated to this partition, but only 698MB is free. Somehow, I have a D: partition that has 39.89GB of which ALL of it is free! So, is there a way, withoutlosing my data and operating system, that I can increase the size of the C: partition and decrease the size of D: partition?
I just finished my new build. My main HDD is 250GB. I decided to partition 10 GB for windows XP SP2. The remaining I split into 2 extended partitions. Is 10 GB enough for windows xp. I would like only to have windows XP and nothing else on partition C:/ Redirection of special folders will be a valuable tool. One of my other partitions will be for programs, the third will be for documents and such. Will this help to keep my windows XP install healty, and what do I need to be aware of as far as registry entries.
I read the manual of Partition Magic v.6, it says that if the partition that contains system files is greater than 7.8 gig then it may not boot. Is it true or there is something I don't understand here? Since I like to run many applications I like to enlarge to about 10 gig but it scare me.
I did a re-install today and somehow screwed up on the partitions. The partition I was going to install XP on was supposed to be 10g, but for some reason it turned out to be 1.4g.Can I change this and add more space, without messing up the OS? Is there a free program out there that'll do this?
I am trying to increase the size of C drive (partition) while decreasing the D portion where I store music and photos. not sure where to make this adjustment?
I'm not sure this belongs in this section so if its out of place, plz move it.Ok, I just bought a HITACHI HDT725032VLA360 320GB HDD. My OS is currently installed on my 80GB WD800JB. I was thinking of reinstalling windows on the HITACHI but I'm unsure of how to partition it to ensure my performance is as good as possible. So what are your recommendations for the partition size for the OS on the HITACHI ?
Well this issue is really simple, I have two operating systems: Windows XP Home Edition and Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installed on my computer, both systems are installed into a single HD, each on its own partition. My HD is 120 GB and I have 60 GB for Win and 60 GB for Ubuntu, my question is: Is there any way to safely change this partition size WITHOUT uninstall any of my OS? I've been using my computer for about 6 months with this partitions, which means that my two systems have some applications and programs installed and I feel really lazy about reinstalling Ubuntu and all my programs just because I want to change my partition size; of course if there is no other solution I'll have to do it, I know this works because I partitioned my Win 120 GB partition to accomodate Ubuntu when I installed it, using the partition wizard that comes with the Ubuntu installation program.
I have a single disk partitioned into a MBR then an extended partition in 3 logical disks. (hopefully that's the right terminology).But myboot drive is running out of space.How do I decrease one drive so that I can extend mz boot drive?
I have a 40GB HDD. It was originally partitioned as C: (Windows - NTFS) 15GB and D: (Data - NTFS) 27GB. I decided to have one of my sporadic forays with Linux, and using a combination of Acronis partition manager and the Windows Computer Management snap-in, did the following: C: (Windows NTFS) 10GB,D: (Data - NTFS) 5GB, E: (Transfer - FAT) 2GB, the remaining free space (20GB) formatted for Linux.I then decided to bin Linux for a while and revert to my previous partition layout. Using Windows Disk management, I removed the Linux partition and created a new partition. Then using Acronis Partition Manager I resized the C: drive to 15GB. Unfortunately, I'd forgotten to repair the MBR from having GRUB on it before I did this, so when it rebooted, I had to then boot up with a W98 floppy and repair the MBR. After having done that, and all the rest of the partition management, I have a size reporting problem! Right-clicking on the C: drive in My Computer shows the previous size as 10GB, as does Acronis.However, if I use Acronis to resize a partition, when I get to allocate the additional space, it shows the correct size! Also in Disk Management, the graphical representation of the partitions shows correctly, but the statistical info in the box above shows the previous configuration.
Using Partition Expert on a master HDD with two partitions I resized the second partiton down by about 8 GB, then resized the C partition from 10 to 18.25 GB. Committed Operation. Seemed to be doing fine, next time I looked at the screen it was blue and it said the system had encountered a problem and Windows was shut down to prevent damage. The PC rebooted fine and everything works OK. However, Explorer says the size of the two partitons is 10 GB and 20 GB, somewhere I lost 8.25 GB (which is the least of my worries anyway)Defrag says the same thing, however, Partition Expert says the partitions are 18.25 GB and 20GB. And this is what Windows Disk Manager says: In the top panel it says the partitons are 10 GB and 20 GB.
I just got a new system with a 300 GB HD, and am trying to install Windows XP Pro. It seems to only 'see' a maximum of about 131 GB.Is there a limitation to the size of the boot partition for XP? Is it possible to make use of the complete 300 GB as my C: drive?
I'm wiping my laptop HD and starting fresh. I want to install DOS and XP, and I've gotten a lot of tips through searching old posts, but I still have a few questions. There wasn't much out there for this particular combination.First, equipment. I've got a Toshiba Satellite M55 with a 75 GB HD. I'm installing HP Home. I have no floppy drive. I'm also using a 250 GB USB external hard drive for backups and such. Partitions: What size for each? I was thinking I'd have one for DOS, one for XP and applications, and one for data, although I'm planning to store most of my non-essential data on the external. Is it beneficial to also have a separate partition for the swap file? I read a recommendation in another thread for a 30 GB volume for XP/apps and a 2 GB volume for the swap file with the rest allocated for data, but I didn't find any recommendations for MS-DOS volume size.
I would like to reallocate my 2 partitions on my HDD, because I am running low on one of them . Can this reallocation be done in the Disk Management portion of XP? If so, how do I do it My C partiton has 17g and my F has 37 g. I'd like to even them out.
I recently got a new laptop, a Sony Vaio PCG-K15. I bought it used from a colleague, and the hard drive in it was bad. I sent away for a new hard drive, and it came in, and now everything's up and running just fine. I'm running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and it runs great, but yesterday, the suspend/hibernate features of the laptop just disappeared. They're no longer present in Power Options, and they're no longer present in Start > Turn Off Computer. All I have is Log off, Shut down, or Restart. Can anyone shed any light on to why these options suddenly disappeared.
Removing password from returning from hibernate / suspendGo to Control Panel and open the Power Options Properties dialog box. Open the Advanced tab and clear the "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby" check box. Now you don't have to worry about putting your password everytime you want to savepower and money :-)However, you will be less secure!
It's time for another cosmetic XP tweaking question.In the out-of-the-box install, Windows XP on my notebook PC had this nifty feature I loved -- closing the lid to suspend operation, then opening it back up and hitting the power button to resume. It played this two-note piano melody when I did so, and then a more upbeat tune when I clicked on my avatar icon to get back to my desktop.I've since reinstalled XP several times. Right now it does the exact same thing that it used to, but without the cheerful piano sounds. How can I get them to come back? Kind of a silly question, I know, but they really did brighten my day.
I recently was given a Dell laptop by my brother. It was (key word) working fine for him. He installed an additional memory chip, started the laptop to check it out. Shut it down, put it in the box and shipped it to me. When I try to boot up, it says that it failed and the "suspend to disk" screen comes up. I can't get it to boot in any mode (safe, normal, last previous working, etc)
I want to my WinXP laptop (a Thinkpad T41, WinXP SP2) to execute a task/script/job when it receives a suspend/hibernate request from me before it completes said suspend hibernate. It's basically a "do this before you suspend" procedure Specifically, I want to shut off my jabber connection to a server without having to do this manually.
I have finally decided to put my screen settings to 1024-768 or what ever that one is lol .. but my only problem now is the font size.. for example up top of this page where it says file,edit, view etc..is really small and same as the name thats down on my bar at the bottom of my screen where my open windows are they are really small and I want to make them bigger how do I do that? also .. my quick launch icons are super small can I make them bigger? I made the ones on my desktop bigger but can't figure out how to make the quick launch ones bigger.
I heard that the paging file should always be 1.5x the amount of RAM that is available on the machine. My initial size of the paging file is set to around 2GB and I was wondering if I should change the initial size to 3GB or put it to 'System managed size'?
I am using an elderly 3M LCD projection panel on an overhead prjector for big screen Tv, driven by XP pro SP3. The panel has no controls for vertical/horizontal size and whatever monitor is used, an OS desktop fills the screen by default. I can resize the window for the TV viewing program in the normal way,just filling my projection screen, but the XP desktop is far too large.Does anyone know of a way to change the physical size of the desktop (including the taskbar) so that it sits in the LCD screen with a blank border all around, or maybe even make it custom resizeable as in a program window ( without changing the resolution)?
When I right click a file to view it's properties there are two different values shown: one for file "size" and the other for "size on disk". The second value is always larger. Could someone please explain what the difference is because I'm in the process of allocating space for backed up user data on a network share and I need to multiply the average file size by the number of users to get an estimate of how much space to allocate to that share.
