Re: Partitioned Drives
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:39:27 -0400
Judy wrote:
My husband's desktop came with drive c partitioned into drive d. It was
set for drive c to have smaller space and now we keep geting a low disk
error message. I have cleaned off all files now used and put most of the
files on drive d also have done disk cleanup and disk defragment. It
helps for a while and then we get it again. Is there a way to make into
one hard drive and unpartiion it or at least change the size of drive c
by taking some space from drive d and make drive c bigger.
"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OZ3kUo%23kHHA.3472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You will have to use a third party partitioning tool to do it. You can
use BootItNG. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html The utility
is free and fully functional to use for 30 days. You don't have to
install it to use it. Just boot the computer with the floppy disk or the
cd and when you are at the installation screen click on cancel and you
will enter the maintenance mode where you will be able to do the
partitioning work.
*WARNING*
Doing partition work *always* presents risks of loosing files! For most
parts and in 99.999% of cases everything goes well and nothing serious
goes wrong, it's a fairly smooth operation. But in the .001% cases where
problems do arise the results are usually catastrophic and *all* files on
the disk are lost! *MAKE SURE* that you have a proper working backup of
your important files before you do any partitioning work!
John
Judy:
As John as informed you...you will need a third-party disk-manager type
program to accomplish your objective in reducing the size of your husband's
D: partition and using that additional disk space to increase the size of
the C: partition. As a practical matter this cannot be done
non-destructively using any XP-included utility.
John's caveat about the possibility of losing data when using one of these
disk partition/management type programs is well-taken. There's *always* that
possibility even if it's an infrequent occurrence. So hearken to his
suggestion to back up whatever data is important to you/your husband before
undertaking any manipulation of the current hard drive partitions regardless
of whatever program you use.
While the program John mentions (BootItNG) is a fine program and can
accomplish the task, many users find its user-interface somewhat complicated
and find the program difficult to use. At least this is what we've heard
from a number of our customers. But it's certainly something you should look
into since it's free and completely functional during a 30-day period.
But I thought I would mention another program we generally recommend for
working with situations like the one that confronts you. The program is
Partition Magic. It's does the job involving HDD partition manipulation and
generally most users have little difficulty using the program for those
basic kinds of undertakings in which you're interested.
I see the program is now being offered for download for $14.95 from
http://www.used.cheapdown.com/product_info.php/products_id/418
That's as cheap as I've ever seen it (the program has been around for a
number of years). BTW, I've never dealt with that online vendor - I'm
assuming they're reliable.
Anyway, I thought I would bring the above to your attention as another
option.
Anna
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