Partitions?

[Robin1k]

Hi, My daughter has an Acer laptop which has 2 partitions
Volume 0 C ACER FAT32 Partition 17 GB healthy System
Volume 1 D ACERDATA FAT32 Partition 17 GB Healthy

on disk managment it states
Capacity (C) 16.99 GB Free space 6.93 GB Free Space 40%
Capacity (D) 17.37 GB Free space 8.80 GB Free Space 50%
My question is this
How do I increase one disk, shouldn't one disk be larger than the other?
The cdrom is not attached as this is broken she wants to add a new one
The laptop is running really slowly we do the clean ups etc.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Robin

 

[donkey42]

Hi, My daughter has an Acer laptop which has 2 partitions
Volume 0 C ACER FAT32 Partition 17 GB healthy System
Volume 1 D ACERDATA FAT32 Partition 17 GB Healthy

on disk managment it states
Capacity (C) 16.99 GB Free space 6.93 GB Free Space 40%
Capacity (D) 17.37 GB Free space 8.80 GB Free Space 50%
My question is this
How do I increase one disk

easily with GParted just download it as say a CD image (*.iso) and burn it to CD / DVD & boot from that CD

shouldn't one disk be larger than the other?

not necessarily but they both should be NTFS, i think there may be an NTFS converter on your OS CD

The cdrom is not attached as this is broken she wants to add a new one

any CD / DVD drive that physically fits will do

The laptop is running really slowly we do the clean ups etc.

that the downfall of using Windows, that's another reason why i use Linux, about all you can do is format and reinstall onto NTFS

BTW: why do you want to change the size of the partitions ?

it's actually a very good idea to store your or your daughters files on a separate partition, then you can format & reinstall the OS while knowing your /her files are untouched

Thanks

no problem, that's why were here

 

[Robin1k]

Thank you
I think I understand, I just thought you should have 2 partitions one having the operating system on and the rest for everything else I need to now go and find a cd to attached and do as you suggested. I'm sure she just wants a new laptop !!!
Thanks again
Robin

 

[donkey42]

Thank you
I think I understand, I just thought you should have 2 partitions one having the operating system on and the rest for everything else

it is better to have 2 or more partitions (personally i use Linux most of the time & it is using 4 partitions)

I need to now go and find a cd to attached and do as you suggested.

can you boot a USB pen ? (USB drive)

if so just download for USB & follow online instructions

I'm sure she just wants a new laptop !!!

kids :doh:

Edit:

BTW: why do you want to change the size of the partitions ?