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    Challenge: Expand the C: Drive - Any ideas?

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      coliver @Alex Sage
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      @anonymous said:

      I should mention, computer is a 12 hour flight away with no technical staff on site 😞

      Is it mission critical? There is literally nothing you can do without being able to get your hands on it.

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        scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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        @anonymous said:

        @scottalanmiller It's a laptop.....

        OH!. Well at least that makes more sense why it is like that.

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          scottalanmiller
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          What is the D drive being used for?

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            scottalanmiller
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            I have to ask... how old is a laptop with a 30GB drive?

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              coliver @Alex Sage
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              @anonymous said:

              @scottalanmiller It's a laptop.....

              Ship it.... it should take ~4-5 hours to clone the disk and restore to a larger one (if you are really slow 🙂 ). They can have it back in two days.

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                Alex Sage
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                It's a Hybrid drive, the other site "IT Help" bought it with Win 8, and loaded Win 7 over it.... 😞

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                  scottalanmiller
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                  I agree, ship it. It is almost certainly worth doing it "right". Put in a single, big SSD.

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                    gjacobse
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                    My first thought is

                    • Is Disk 0 a physical drive or logical drive?

                    If logical, you can use something such as GParted to resize the partitions.

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                      scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                      @anonymous said:

                      It's a Hybrid drive, the other site "IT Help" bought it with Win 8, and loaded Win 7 over it.... 😞

                      Even hybrid, where do you find one that small? That's super tiny.

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                        coliver @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        I agree, ship it. It is almost certainly worth doing it "right". Put in a single, big SSD.

                        Can't recommend an SSD enough the user will be thanking you profusely for it.

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                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                          @coliver said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          I agree, ship it. It is almost certainly worth doing it "right". Put in a single, big SSD.

                          Can't recommend an SSD enough the user will be thanking you profusely for it.

                          And you can get a huge one, compared to these sizes, for $100.

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                            Alex Sage
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                            We thought about shipping it, but Argentina is a pay to ship from/to

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                              gjacobse @Alex Sage
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                              @anonymous said:

                              @scottalanmiller It's a laptop.....

                              Ah - then that answers that.

                              I'd start with GParted or similar and shift the partitions.

                              Back up your data first.

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                                coliver @gjacobse
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                                @gjacobse said:

                                My first thought is

                                • Is Disk 0 a physical drive or logical drive?

                                If logical, you can use something such as GParted to resize the partitions.

                                I was thinking that too. I can't remember the last time I saw a 30GB hard drive. Even in a laptop.

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                                  scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                                  @anonymous said:

                                  We thought about shipping it, but Argentina is a pay to ship from/to

                                  I'll be there soonish. Can it wait till January?

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                                    Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    I have to ask... how old is a laptop with a 30GB drive?

                                    Bought 3 months ago... Hybrid drive.

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                                      coliver @Alex Sage
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                                      @anonymous said:

                                      We thought about shipping it, but Argentina is a pay to ship from/to

                                      Haha... it would probably be less expensive for you to fly down, repair it, and fly back.

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                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Argentina is under crazy import restrictions right now. All kinds of IT stuff falling apart there right now.

                                        What city is it in? I know someone from SW in Argentina.

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                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                          @coliver said:

                                          @anonymous said:

                                          We thought about shipping it, but Argentina is a pay to ship from/to

                                          Haha... it would probably be less expensive for you to fly down, repair it, and fly back.

                                          You've never priced a flight to Argentina, clearly.

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                                            gjacobse @coliver
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                                            @coliver said:

                                            I was thinking that too. I can't remember the last time I saw a 30GB hard drive. Even in a laptop.

                                            I used to split drives for OS and DATA, but didn't use a drive that small,.. more along the lines of 80-120GB for the OS.

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