Re: How do I get more space on my C drive?

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Frank Martin wrote:

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Frank Martin wrote:

I have WindowsXP pro

I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.

How do I transfer this spare space from my
"E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
about 15% space remaining.


Are C: and E: partitions on a single
physical drive?

Yes they are. My C drive at present has only
programs and Windows and settings.


In that case, what you want to do is not "transfer spare space," but
reallocate the size of the partitions. Read what I wrote below, beginning
"Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
existing partition structure."

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The D drive has MyDocuments and downloads
from the internet.

The E drive has photos, videos, and thingss=
of that sort.

At present the space is allocated as:

C = 19.5Gb 15%freespace
D = 13.6Gb 25% freespace
E = 193Gb 50% freespace



Unfortunately, no version of Windows
provides any way of changing the existing
partition structure of the drive
nondestructively. The only way to do what
you want is with third-party software.
Partition Magic is the best-known such
program, but there are freeware/shareware
alternatives. One such program is BootIt
Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
with a free 30-day trial, so you should be
able to do what you want within that 30
days. I haven't used it myself (because
I've never needed to use *any* such
program), but it comes highly recommended
by several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you
have a good backup before beginning.
Although there's no reason to expect a
problem, things *can* go wrong.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows:
Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
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