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Richard Lees-Smith

I suspect that this is stupid question number 3b.
my hard disk crashed.I installed a new one.BUT somehow I
have finished up with a partition into 1x2 gig and 1 x 38
gig bits. Now.....2 gig is the C drive and is now
full ......I cannot for the life of me work out how to
meke the C drive 40 gig so I dont get the dreded " you
have no dik spoace message"

I have read the help file untill I am blue in the face but
have concluded that Microsoft engineers studied a
different version of Englisj Language 101 to me.

Can some one tell me in no more than two syllable words
how to make my C drive bigger.

My eternal thanks and a room to stay in Sydney or at our
beach place to the lucky winner.
 
Hi there.

You say you have a NEW HDD. If you are planning to
partition it into an NTFS partition then remove all
partitions using FDISK (under non MSDOS partitions) and
let Windows setup do the job.

However, if you are planning to use FAT32 then FAT32 has a
limit of 32GB partitions. You could split the partitions
up using FDISK making 1 large C drive (of size 30GB or so)
and let Windows setup do it's job

And I hope I have won the prize :p

Thanks
 
If what you're asking is how to enlarge the drive without
data loss, then get PartitionMagic.
 
I suspect that this is stupid question number 3b.
my hard disk crashed.I installed a new one.BUT somehow I
have finished up with a partition into 1x2 gig and 1 x 38
gig bits.
Click to expand...

That's giga BYTES. A byte is 8 bits.... :-)
Now.....2 gig is the C drive and is now
full ......I cannot for the life of me work out how to
meke the C drive 40 gig so I dont get the dreded " you
have no dik spoace message"
Click to expand...

Are you using D: for anything? If so, expanding C: to fill the whole disk
will destroy whatever data is on it.

Use Disk Management to expand the C: drive, and shrink or eliminate the D:
drive. If you keep D: (my recommendation) C should be 3-4GB. NB: If you
expand C: to fill the HD, you have to consider whether you want a Dynamic
Disk or a Basic Disk. I recommend a Basic Disk; plaintive pleas for help with
dynamic disk on this forum have convinced me that it's an immature
technology, and should not be used. (Administrative Tools --> Computer
Management --> Storage. Read the Help for further instructions)

I suggest keeping D:. When (not if) you have trouble with W2K and must either
repair or reinstall, your data will be safe if it's on a separate partition.
IOW, use D: as a data drive - create folders for each application, and either
set the app to use that folder for its data, or regularly move data to that
folder. You can also run most programs from D:, so move as many programs as
possible there. The only downside to this is that many programs must be
reinstalled when you repair or reinstall W2K on C:.

It's worth spending some time mulling over how you want to organise your data
folders into sub-folders - it's the same problem as how to organise a file
cabinet. I would not use My Documents for anything at all - it tends to get
filled up any old how. :-)

BTW, to keep as much available space as possible, it's worth doing regular
housekeeping. Empty the Recycle Bin at least once a week - when you Delete a
file, you do not regain disk space until you have emptied that Bin. And use
Disk Cleanup at regular intervals, too (Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk
Cleanup.)
 
I personally wouldn't use it..that's my opinion..can cause
alot of problems later on and it may fail.
 
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