Vista ultimate-merging partitions

[nyaxea]

I merged 2 partitions into 1 (18g each)using acronis..now it shows one parition c but its only 18g..the other it seems lost...vista it shows 18g but if I chk it with acronis it shows c as 36g..any ideas
thks

[AnnMarie]

Hi nyaxea, the only thing that I can think of is to schedule a full Chkdsk and see if this makes any difference.

To do this, open My Computer, rightclick on your drive and select Properties > Tools. Look for Error Checking and click "Check Now". Select both "Automatically fix file system errors" and the "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" options and click Start.

You will get a warning that Windows can't complete the tests until you reboot so reboot and chkdsk will start.

Stage 4 can be very slow in Vista and the progress bar may not appear for quite a few minutes so please be patient.

[nyaxea]

thks AnnMarie
Done that,forgot to mention it,no help...tried a system restore as well,just in case still same...this installation is almost one week old..so i am thinking of formatting and re install,if i can'r find a solution ;)

[AnnMarie]

What happens when you access the partition via Administrative tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. Is it still 18gb or is this where you were looking?