This will grow the NTFS volume to fill the partition. You'll get something like:Įnter 'select partition #' where # is the partition number associated with your 'C:' 'drive'.įinally, use the command extend. For example, Windows Explorer reports my C drive full with 78 gigabytes of data and only 6 gigabytes free.
You'll get something like:Įnter select disk # where # is the disk number listed for your hard disk drive (most liekly 0).Įnter list partition. Infopackets Reader Old Techo from Oz writes: ' Dear Dennis, I have consistently noticed on 3 of my Windows 7 PCs that the C drive appears to bloat over time with low space warnings constantly. I'd recommend running CHKDSK on the volume to be sure it's healthy, and, of course, being sure that you've got a good backup before proceeding.īoot your Windows 7 installation CD and at the 'Install Windows' dialog, press Shift-F10 to open a command prompt.Īt the DISKPART> prompt, enter list disk to see the disks on your machine. It's unclear to me how your machine would've gotten that way, but it's certainly possible. Having an NTFS volume show as larger than the partition its in is bad mojo, but smaller is no big deal. NTFS maintains a count of the allocation units in the volume irrespective of the partition size.
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