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Old 26-03-2008
Ernst Kessler
 
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Change Partition size

Hi experts
I have a Vista Ultimate laptop with drive C: 76GB NTFS basic for programs,
drive D: 15GB NTFS basic for my data and 14GB not allocated. C: is full and I
would like to expand the size. The 14GB resulted from a reduction of D: I
assumed it will be added automatically to C: But all wrong!!
How can I proceed to enlarge C:?

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Old 26-03-2008
Rick Rogers
 
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Re: Change Partition size

To expand C: into that free space, it must be contiguous and at the end of
C:, not the beginning or behind D:. In short, you should see in Disk Manager
C:, free space, then D:. If not, then you will need to move or slide the
volumes around to accomplish this. A volume can only be expanded into free
space that is physically located immediately after it. This operation cannot
be done with Vista's drive tools, they can only shrink or expand, you need a
third party one like Acronis' Disk Manager or terabyteunlimited's BootIT NG.

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Old 27-03-2008
Hans-Georg Michna
 
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Re: Change Partition size

you already got a good answer. Let me take your problem as an
excellent example for the self-incurred problem of partitions.
One solution would have been to put just one partition on the
drive in the first place, not two or more.

I see that it is too late now in your case, but others may learn
from it. More info here:

Should a hard disk have multiple partitions?
http://winhlp.com/node/373

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Old 27-03-2008
Bob F.
 
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Re: Change Partition size

If you have one drive, when Vista came up you should have had C as you main
store and D which Vista used for recovery purposes. Don't do anything with
D. Don't add files there either. If you want, add a second drive and use
it for more data store.

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Old 27-03-2008
Ernst Kessler
 
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Re: Change Partition size

to create partions especially on a light travel laptop with limited disk
space is really questionable (I realized too late). Nevertheless I could
reasonably solve the issue by copying the data from D: to the empty 14GB at
the end (temporarely named G:), than empty and deleate D:, expand C: into the
old D: space and finally renamed G: back into D:.

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Old 27-03-2008
Rick Rogers
 
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Re: Change Partition size

Yes, that would work as well. Make sure to backup critical data before
manipulating volumes as this type of work always carries a risk of something
going wrong.

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Old 21-10-2009
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Re: Change Partition size

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Old 28-10-2009
mcarew
 
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Re: Change Partition size

It appears your hardrive is partitioned for C: & D:. Appears to be
approx. a 100G drivby. 1. visit site 4 hdd mfg i.e. seagate, maxtor etc.
They may have a hdd utility to adjust the partition, deleting D: drive.
This will delete all info on D: but increase C: by dding the size of d:.
Copy your files from D: to C: b 4 u delete D: drive. U may review WD
Data Lifeguard Tools to give u ideas.

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