technology Windows 7 BSOD, partitioning a drive is so hard in 2014(sarcasm)

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

Reading the title, you already can tell I'm fuming mad. Like break the mac book I'm typing on mad. So I bought a 3 TB HDD because I want to dual boot Windows 7 with Ubuntu with a lot of memory here are the steps I endured and tortured myself over, sad thing is, I didn't do anything wrong. This is Microsoft sucking with every OS like they usually do and somehow make billions of dollars.

 

Erased C drive from old 1 TB HDD

Put in 3 TB HDD, BRAND NEW! 

Used system image on the new 3TB HDD and that became the new C drive, because system32 and C CANNOT be reassigned when with dual HDDs.

 

Had a successful system restore(on my second one hoping nothing bad happens for the "beast" known as Windows 7.

 

Went into my new HDD and noticed W7 did not give me the space. I went into disk manager and i had two empty large partitions. I extended the volume on one partition. The second partition did not became apart of C(Not explained, I guess my C drive is racist against free space)

 

Used a third party partition magic which performed a basic function that Windows can not perform. 

 

Then.....BSOD

 

How I feel right now....Well I spent over 150 dollars and did not get the full use of my 3 TB HDD, I got a BSOD on Windows ******* 7. I am hoping image restore will work on my second try.

 

 

In the future....When Linux becomes a major gaming platform. Windows as an OS I hope dies and never comes back. Gabe Newell made Windows the platform for gaming it is today. That con man Bill Gates is an idiot and always has been. Never had a stable OS for over 20 years.

 

 

I mean does baby want a bottle? Can't give me my full HDD space? Want me to play the world's smallest violin for over working you?

 

Humans....we went on the moon, created the Hadron Collider and done amazing things.......but getting your full HDD space? Really man? You'd thought we let you have all of it >=(

[Scootalove 10,689]

I wouldn't blame Microsoft for this, if it was your fault for having a Partition Magic to try and extend your drive space then I can't exactly blame the company. So, sorry about your situation.

 

But this time, maybe the Partition Magic did this.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Scootalove

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

I BSOD over adding 750+GB of free HDD space that I paid for.

[Commander Fresh 36]

If using Partition Magic gave you the BSOD, then you have no reason to blame Windows for it. It was Partition Magic that screwed up your partition, Windows had nothing to do with it. Also, were you trying to extend your C drive with a separate partition? Windows can not do that. You can only extend with unallocated space. Otherwise, check to make sure your hard drive is formatted to NTFS.

 

At the end of the day, Windows is most likely not to blame. There are so many other possible factors, such as your HDD connection method or BIOS settings (etc.). Computers are so sensitive to these minute changes that it's almost impossible to straight up lay the blame on one factor without extensive testing first.

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

If using Partition Magic gave you the BSOD, then you have no reason to blame Windows for it. It was Partition Magic that screwed up your partition, Windows had nothing to do with it. Also, were you trying to extend your C drive with a separate partition? Windows can not do that. You can only extend with unallocated space. Otherwise, check to make sure your hard drive is formatted to NTFS.

 

At the end of the day, Windows is most likely not to blame. There are so many other possible factors, such as your HDD connection method or BIOS settings (etc.). Computers are so sensitive to these minute changes that it's almost impossible to straight up lay the blame on one factor without extensive testing first.

No it is Windows 7's fault. Let's be logical here. I have nearly 1TB of data that cannot be used. Why bother getting the 3TB HDD I paid for? Microsoft will not and has not given a logical reason why you cannot add a partition with free space floating around. It's not affecting system32's directory or destroying anything. I'm adding memory that I paid for and want it. The third party tool will not be used when(if) my system imaging is successful. My point is that this is silly. Just like how Windows has always been unstable, it's stuff like this that makes me angry. There's no logic behind adding free space to the C drive. My BIOS is fully up to date, that's not the issue.

[Moonbacon 384]

@@TheMarkz0ne,

 

stop blaming windows for everything those guys are right about this partition magic thing.

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

@@TheMarkz0ne,

 

stop blaming windows for everything those guys are right about this partition magic thing.

If they're right then fine. That's not the issue. What am I going to do with over 750 GBs of HDD space that will never be used. I have my data and I will get Windows running again. I am mad over spending money on something I cannot use.

[Moonbacon 384]

@@TheMarkz0ne,

 

chill man take your pc to a technician they might know the problem and make your 750 gb of hdd useable. 

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

@@TheMarkz0ne,

 

chill man take your pc to a technician they might know the problem and make your 750 gb of hdd useable. 

That cost money, sorry for lashing. I'm mad at buying something and not getting my money's worth

[Moonbacon 384]

@@TheMarkz0ne,

 

i know how that feels and even if it cost money it might get your 750 GB HDD back.

[Commander Fresh 36]

Your issue with Windows 7's partitioning service is a very specific one; nobody on the forums can help you because we can not directly take a look at your pc. Talk to a technician or go on Microsoft Answers for support. Like I said, it's very unlikely to be Windows' fault.

 

Btw, have you tried extending the partition through cmd yet? You ought to try that. I would recommend against using third-party software to do the job. Also, don't forget the possibility that your current C: partition may have been faulty from the start. That would cause any attempts at extending the partition to fail.

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

Your issue with Windows 7's partitioning service is a very specific one; nobody on the forums can help you because we can not directly take a look at your pc. Talk to a technician or go on Microsoft Answers for support. Like I said, it's very unlikely to be Windows' fault.

 

Btw, have you tried extending the partition through cmd yet? You ought to try that. I would recommend against using third-party software to do the job. Also, don't forget the possibility that your current C: partition may have been faulty from the start. That would cause any attempts at extending the partition to fail.

if you're right, then Western Digital owes me a new HDD. I have no warranty on it. But if the drive is faulty, then  they need to give me a new one.

Edited February 23, 2014 by TheMarkz0ne

[Commander Fresh 36]

I never said the drive itself was faulty; your partition might be, or something may have gone wrong in the formatting process. The simplest way is to reformat the thing and try again (you could also try a repair software-side, but that takes a bit more effort in typing out). Just remember that no matter what happens, the partition manager in Windows works perfectly fine on its own without a doubt; it is the external variables that Windows has to work with that can break things (eg. HDD format, drivers, RPM, design etc.). I can guarantee that in its most basic conditions, absolutely nothing in Windows that you'll ever use is broken; given the huge number of hardware that the system needs to be compatible with, it's already immensely impressive (and ridiculously difficult) how smoothly Windows can run under every hardware combination on the market. Give Microsoft a break, it's a partitioning service we're talking about.  

Edited February 23, 2014 by Commander Fresh

[Princess Periwinkle 3,775]

Booting this over to Media Discussion, as it is better suited to the Technology section over here.