Disk Manager Shrunk Drive and Lost Disk Space

Hi,

I have just bought an Acer Aspire 5290 and have experience some
difficulties when trying to shrink the C: partition to generate some
extra space on the D: partition - used disk management. I reduced the
C: partition by 20GB expecting this disk space to become unallocated
which I could then use to extend the D: partition. However, the C:
drive reduced by 20GB (I think) but there is no sign of where this
space has gone. The hard drive is now reported next to DISK 0 label as
being 136.19GB. The actual size of the drive should be 160GB.

Disk manager current shows the following partitions:

1. EISA hidden partition 9.27GB
2. C:\ - 40.85GB
3. d:\ - 85.58GB

The details under the Acer asset management software shows the
following 2 disk drives

1. IMD-0, 512.86MB
2. WDC WD 16000BEVS-22RSTO, 149.05 GB

As a final point I have manage to view the EISA partition but can
figure out how I manage to do that. Any pointers would be welcome.


Any help would be appreciated as the help desk is not being very
helpful at the moment expect for helping BT get richer! and I have
tried to search other groups will no luck.

Thanks

Hi

Under disk manager (dismgmt.msc) have you run "rescan disks"?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Paul" <paul.batch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184798996.955866.87490@z24g2000prh.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have just bought an Acer Aspire 5290 and have experience some
> difficulties when trying to shrink the C: partition to generate some
> extra space on the D: partition - used disk management. I reduced the
> C: partition by 20GB expecting this disk space to become unallocated
> which I could then use to extend the D: partition. However, the C:
> drive reduced by 20GB (I think) but there is no sign of where this
> space has gone. The hard drive is now reported next to DISK 0 label as
> being 136.19GB. The actual size of the drive should be 160GB.
>
> Disk manager current shows the following partitions:
>
> 1. EISA hidden partition 9.27GB
> 2. C:\ - 40.85GB
> 3. d:\ - 85.58GB
>
> The details under the Acer asset management software shows the
> following 2 disk drives
>
> 1. IMD-0, 512.86MB
> 2. WDC WD 16000BEVS-22RSTO, 149.05 GB
>
> As a final point I have manage to view the EISA partition but can
> figure out how I manage to do that. Any pointers would be welcome.
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated as the help desk is not being very
> helpful at the moment expect for helping BT get richer! and I have
> tried to search other groups will no luck.
>
> Thanks
>

On 19 Jul, 11:26, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Under disk manager (dismgmt.msc) have you run "rescan disks"?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Paul" <paul.ba...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1184798996.955866.87490@z24g2000prh.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have just bought an Acer Aspire 5290 and have experience some
> > difficulties when trying to shrink the C: partition to generate some
> > extra space on the D: partition - used disk management. I reduced the
> > C: partition by 20GB expecting this disk space to become unallocated
> > which I could then use to extend the D: partition. However, the C:
> > drive reduced by 20GB (I think) but there is no sign of where this
> > space has gone. The hard drive is now reported next to DISK 0 label as
> > being 136.19GB. The actual size of the drive should be 160GB.
>
> > Disk manager current shows the following partitions:
>
> > 1. EISA hidden partition 9.27GB
> > 2. C:\ - 40.85GB
> > 3. d:\ - 85.58GB
>
> > The details under the Acer asset management software shows the
> > following 2 disk drives
>
> > 1. IMD-0, 512.86MB
> > 2. WDC WD 16000BEVS-22RSTO, 149.05 GB
>
> > As a final point I have manage to view the EISA partition but can
> > figure out how I manage to do that. Any pointers would be welcome.
>
> > Any help would be appreciated as the help desk is not being very
> > helpful at the moment expect for helping BT get richer! and I have
> > tried to search other groups will no luck.
>
> > Thanks

Hi

Yeap not no luck! I have manage to run partition magic (does not all
seem to work under vista) which has come up with the following
summary:

Partition Information for Disk 1: 152,625.3 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
StartSect TotalSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
OPUS Pri 0.0 0 3
0 0
NTFS Pri 9,993.5 0 0
63 20,466,747
Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order.
NTFS Pri,Boot 41,833.0 0 1
20,467,712 85,673,984
Unallocated Pri 13,154.8 None --
106,157,520 26,941,005
NTFS Pri 87,632.0 0 2
133,107,712 179,470,336


This seems to show the unallocated space but I don't know how to
reclaim this - any ideas?

Hi,

a) Don't use partition magic, especially a version that is not specifically
designed to handle NTFS under Vista.

b) Try instead using BootIT NG from terabyteunlimited.com to correct the
disk volumes. You can do this directly from the bootable disk, there is no
need to install it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Paul" <paul.batch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184869004.945318.216340@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> On 19 Jul, 11:26, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Under disk manager (dismgmt.msc) have you run "rescan disks"?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
>> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Paul" <paul.ba...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1184798996.955866.87490@z24g2000prh.googlegro ups.com...
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I have just bought an Acer Aspire 5290 and have experience some
>> > difficulties when trying to shrink the C: partition to generate some
>> > extra space on the D: partition - used disk management. I reduced the
>> > C: partition by 20GB expecting this disk space to become unallocated
>> > which I could then use to extend the D: partition. However, the C:
>> > drive reduced by 20GB (I think) but there is no sign of where this
>> > space has gone. The hard drive is now reported next to DISK 0 label as
>> > being 136.19GB. The actual size of the drive should be 160GB.
>>
>> > Disk manager current shows the following partitions:
>>
>> > 1. EISA hidden partition 9.27GB
>> > 2. C:\ - 40.85GB
>> > 3. d:\ - 85.58GB
>>
>> > The details under the Acer asset management software shows the
>> > following 2 disk drives
>>
>> > 1. IMD-0, 512.86MB
>> > 2. WDC WD 16000BEVS-22RSTO, 149.05 GB
>>
>> > As a final point I have manage to view the EISA partition but can
>> > figure out how I manage to do that. Any pointers would be welcome.
>>
>> > Any help would be appreciated as the help desk is not being very
>> > helpful at the moment expect for helping BT get richer! and I have
>> > tried to search other groups will no luck.
>>
>> > Thanks
>
> Hi
>
> Yeap not no luck! I have manage to run partition magic (does not all
> seem to work under vista) which has come up with the following
> summary:
>
> Partition Information for Disk 1: 152,625.3 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
> StartSect TotalSects
> ================================================== ================================================== =======
> OPUS Pri 0.0 0 3
> 0 0
> NTFS Pri 9,993.5 0 0
> 63 20,466,747
> Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order.
> NTFS Pri,Boot 41,833.0 0 1
> 20,467,712 85,673,984
> Unallocated Pri 13,154.8 None --
> 106,157,520 26,941,005
> NTFS Pri 87,632.0 0 2
> 133,107,712 179,470,336
>
>
> This seems to show the unallocated space but I don't know how to
> reclaim this - any ideas?
>

What messages do you get when you try to Expand the D partition?

"Paul" <paul.batch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184869004.945318.216340@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> On 19 Jul, 11:26, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Under disk manager (dismgmt.msc) have you run "rescan disks"?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
>> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Paul" <paul.ba...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1184798996.955866.87490@z24g2000prh.googlegro ups.com...
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I have just bought an Acer Aspire 5290 and have experience some
>> > difficulties when trying to shrink the C: partition to generate some
>> > extra space on the D: partition - used disk management. I reduced the
>> > C: partition by 20GB expecting this disk space to become unallocated
>> > which I could then use to extend the D: partition. However, the C:
>> > drive reduced by 20GB (I think) but there is no sign of where this
>> > space has gone. The hard drive is now reported next to DISK 0 label as
>> > being 136.19GB. The actual size of the drive should be 160GB.
>>
>> > Disk manager current shows the following partitions:
>>
>> > 1. EISA hidden partition 9.27GB
>> > 2. C:\ - 40.85GB
>> > 3. d:\ - 85.58GB
>>
>> > The details under the Acer asset management software shows the
>> > following 2 disk drives
>>
>> > 1. IMD-0, 512.86MB
>> > 2. WDC WD 16000BEVS-22RSTO, 149.05 GB
>>
>> > As a final point I have manage to view the EISA partition but can
>> > figure out how I manage to do that. Any pointers would be welcome.
>>
>> > Any help would be appreciated as the help desk is not being very
>> > helpful at the moment expect for helping BT get richer! and I have
>> > tried to search other groups will no luck.
>>
>> > Thanks
>
> Hi
>
> Yeap not no luck! I have manage to run partition magic (does not all
> seem to work under vista) which has come up with the following
> summary:
>
> Partition Information for Disk 1: 152,625.3 Megabytes
> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
> StartSect TotalSects
> ================================================== ================================================== =======
> OPUS Pri 0.0 0 3
> 0 0
> NTFS Pri 9,993.5 0 0
> 63 20,466,747
> Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order.
> NTFS Pri,Boot 41,833.0 0 1
> 20,467,712 85,673,984
> Unallocated Pri 13,154.8 None --
> 106,157,520 26,941,005
> NTFS Pri 87,632.0 0 2
> 133,107,712 179,470,336
>
>
> This seems to show the unallocated space but I don't know how to
> reclaim this - any ideas?
>