Topic: Could Linux help?

[davy51]

Quote:

A friend has a hard drive where Windows is on the C partition, and Documents on the D partition.  Windows is knackered, and the C drive is so full that it has less than 200mb disc space left, and the computer basically won't function. 


Ill start over I didn't make it very clear


Use puppy to retrieve all data from D partition to hard drive,cd,dvd or flash drive

all you need to do is copy and paste to retrieve the data

copy from D partition to either desktop or a CD,dvd or external drive which will be shown in puppy

All mounted up drives will show in puppy and you can move data back and forth


Use gparted to either delete or re size D partition


If the windows installation is in working order other than not having enough space


Use gparted to resize C partition

You have already saved the data on D partition

So you can either delete it or resize it to make room for C partition


I hope i made that more clear im not used to giving directions more used to doing it lol

[Simon]

Interesting, thanks Dave. 

[davy51]

sorry it wasnt very clear Simon
Ive done it so much I dont have to think how anymore but its hard for me to tell someone how
puppy will do whats needed

[Simon]

I hope it's house trained!

[davy51]

It actually is i have it installed on a hard drive so I wouldnt have to have a leash (cd)
 

[sam]

I'd have just use a Ubuntu disk... I don't like puppy.

[sam]

I have a HDD partitioned between Windows Vista and Ubuntu.  Could I use a live CD to remove Ubuntu and free up more space for Vista?

Yep - but why would you :p I thought you were getting on well with Ubuntu.

[davy51]

I could use ubuntu or linux mint myself Sam
But when puppy loads all available drives are mounted and show at the bottom of the page


Puppy easier for a newbie to try a repair on a windows partition

[sam]

I guess so. I guess I'm fickle when it comes to what I use. I guess it auto-mounting is quite nice, then again I'm not sure I'd want it to auto-mount everything, but I guess I wouldn't be the newbie trying to repair linux.

I'm intending to give mint another go at some point this week.

[davy51]

Try mint 10 not 11
11 still has the ubuntu bugs especially with different video cards

[sam]

will do.

[Simon]

I'm having trouble with this.  I've loaded Puppy, and can see all the drives in the Gparted window.  It will let me reduce the size of the D (Documents) drive, but it won't let me increase the size of the C (boot) drive, only reduce it, which is the opposite of what I want to do.  Any help?

[GillE]

Yep - but why would you :p I thought you were getting on well with Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is good so long as you don't want to operate a TV capture card.  Vista recognises it automatically and is simple to use.

I haven't re-partitioned my computer yet - it's a job for when I've got nothing else to do .

[davy51]

I'm having trouble with this.  I've loaded Puppy, and can see all the drives in the Gparted window.  It will let me reduce the size of the D (Documents) drive, but it won't let me increase the size of the C (boot) drive, only reduce it, which is the opposite of what I want to do.  Any help?

Sounds like it didn't actually reduce the size of D drive

When you reduced the D drive did gparted tell you it was finished resizing

There should have been a progress bar showing it working

Then it should have refreshed
 and shown C drive then an empty space then D drive

If not then something went wrong

[Simon]

That sort of happened, but it created a new blank bit of drive which I then couldn't do anything with.  It called it un-something or other, can't remember now.