Re: Partition Problem

Thank you, one other question, will I have to reinstall any programs?

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Jim S

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Big Jim wrote:

My PC has the hard drive partitioned into two drives C: and D: done
by the manufacturer but C has 14.9 GB and D has 59.5 GB. C is almost
full. Since I dont like to deal with two drives how difficult would
it be to change this to one drive and is it something I could do with
the aid of a good program or should I seek professional help?


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.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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