Partitioning Hard drive

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I am currently using Windows XP. I have a 120 gig hard drive that is
partitioned as C: 15 gig and D: 105 gig. My C drive is currently full and I
would like to expand it. How do I change the size of the drive? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
 
You have no free space after the C: partition, therefore, to extend C: you
will need to shrink (resize) D: (from the front) to give some free space
between the C and D partitions. As you are using XP you will need a third
party partitioning application. Acronis Disk Director should do the trick or
if you have an old copy of Partition Magic that would do too. Most
partitioning applications are capable of resizing a partition.

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Roy said:
I am currently using Windows XP. I have a 120 gig hard drive that is
partitioned as C: 15 gig and D: 105 gig. My C drive is currently full and
I
would like to expand it. How do I change the size of the drive? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...

You can use a free partition manager such as Partition Logic. You have to
reduce the size of D: and then move it to the end of the drive (you might be
able to do this in one pass, but I'm not sure). Then you can expand C:

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html
 
Roy

Third party utility:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

The other way is to move things from your C partition.

Ways to increase free disk space on your C partition can be achieved
by relocation of folders.

For Temporary Internet Files select Start, Control Panel, Internet
Options, Temporary Internet Files. Settings, Move Folder.

To move the Outlook Express Store Folder select in Outlook Express
Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store Folder, Change.
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm

My Documents is one of a number of system created Special Folders
including My Pictures and My Music. These can more easily be
relocated
using Tweak Ui. Download TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys, from
here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

In TweakUi select My Computer, Special Folders. You can scroll down
to
see the full list of Special Folders to the left of the Change
Location button.

You may also need to change Default File locations in the Microsoft
Office programmes you choose to move the My Documents folder. For
Word
go to Tools, Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on
Modify and change file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General
and change default file path.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System
Restore
on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700
mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select
System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this
time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb
and
exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and
exit.

Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is
that for temporary internet files especially if you do not store
offline copies on disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive.
Depending on your attitude to offline copies you could reduce this
to
1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer select Tools, Internet Options,
General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings to make the change. At
the
same time look at the number of days history is held.

The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change
to
5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor
on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and
move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it get
too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will
bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.
 
Victek said:
You can use a free partition manager such as Partition Logic. You have to
reduce the size of D: and then move it to the end of the drive (you might
be able to do this in one pass, but I'm not sure). Then you can expand C:

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html
Click to expand...
I should add that although I found resizing partitions a little intimidating
the first time, it has always worked without problems - I've never lost data
this way, but still you want to be careful. You DO want to backup any
critical data first and you should be prepared for it to take a few hours.
It's also a good idea to run Check Disk (with the option to repair errors
enabled), and defrag on both partitions before starting to resize them,
especially the D: drive since you want to shrink it. Last, when you reboot
the computer after a partition has been resized Windows XP will run Check
Disk again. That's normal and not a cause for concern.
 
Roy said:
I am currently using Windows XP. I have a 120 gig hard drive that is
partitioned as C: 15 gig and D: 105 gig. My C drive is currently full and
I
would like to expand it. How do I change the size of the drive? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...

Roy, did you realize this is a Vista newsgroup? Post to one for the XP OS
such as microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.
 
for sure be careful and run checkdisk/scandisk with full repair and defrag both partitions.

I feel I must ask you to forgive/ignore our resident net nanny for handing out a virtual spanking.
even though he knows the correct answers, he refuses to post the answers because you posted in the wrong news group.



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Victek said:
You can use a free partition manager such as Partition Logic. You have to
reduce the size of D: and then move it to the end of the drive (you might
be able to do this in one pass, but I'm not sure). Then you can expand C:

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html
Click to expand...
I should add that although I found resizing partitions a little intimidating
the first time, it has always worked without problems - I've never lost data
this way, but still you want to be careful. You DO want to backup any
critical data first and you should be prepared for it to take a few hours.
It's also a good idea to run Check Disk (with the option to repair errors
enabled), and defrag on both partitions before starting to resize them,
especially the D: drive since you want to shrink it. Last, when you reboot
the computer after a partition has been resized Windows XP will run Check
Disk again. That's normal and not a cause for concern.
 
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