Drive partitions

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A friends old Gateway laptop (XP Home SP 2) has a 40 GB HDD that looks like
this in Comp. Mgmt.:

15.16 GB unallocated
(D:) 510 MB FAT32
110 MB unallocated
(C:) 4.99 GB NTFS
New Volume (F:) 16.49 GB NTFS (Page File)

The C drive contains the Windows folder and program files and is only 4%
free. I can't even defrag it. I've already freed up as much space on this
thing as I can. Is there a way to reconfigure the partitions and logical
drives to enlarge the C drive or make more room for the Windows OS? He
doesn't have any recovery discs or the original OS disc.

Many thanks,

Ripper
 
Certainly - but you'll need third party partitioning software. Look at
(alphabetical order) Acronis True Image, Symantec Partition Magic, and
Terabyte Unlimited Image for Windows.

Two caveats:

1- Repartitioning is complex - don't start until you're sure of what
you're doing.

2- Backup first.
 
Certainly - but you'll need third party partitioning software. Look at
(alphabetical order) Acronis True Image, Symantec Partition Magic, and
Terabyte Unlimited Image for Windows.

Two caveats:

1- Repartitioning is complex - don't start until you're sure of what
you're doing.

2- Backup first.

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I have to say this but Partition Magic should be the "last" utility
you should look at. Symantec seems to always take good software and
make it worst.
 
Thanks for the help. I've downloaded Acronis first to the desktop, then to
the F drive and it won't install from either place; I keep getting the C:
drive 'not enough space' error message. Downloaded Terabyte Unlimited and an
error says it's not a valid Win32 app. I really don't want any symantec
products on any machine I touch. Can you help? Thanks.

Rip
 
Sorry - I can't help with the install. You might have to free up more
space on C:
 
Acronis will not do anything without the presence of at least two physical
discs.

Rip
 
I owe the OP an apology, and I hope s/he reads this: The Acronis product
I should have mentioned is Disk Director.
 
RipperT said:
Thanks for the help. I've downloaded Acronis first to the desktop, then to
the F drive and it won't install from either place; I keep getting the C:
drive 'not enough space' error message. Downloaded Terabyte Unlimited and an
error says it's not a valid Win32 app. I really don't want any symantec
products on any machine I touch. Can you help? Thanks.
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I think that should be Acronis Disk Director, not Acronis True Image.
Mike
 
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