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Title: Can I move available space from drive c to drive d
Post by: kfrink on June 03, 2005, 10:30:16 PM
I recently downloaded Windows XP onto drive d.  However, the drive d does not have alot of space.  I keep getting low disk space messages.

Is there a way that I can take space away from Drive C and move it to Drive D?
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: Raptor on June 04, 2005, 05:30:33 AM
Not without repartitioning the Hard Disk Drive. This would cause all your files to become unreadable and you would most likely end up having to reformat the partitions you created.
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: kfrink on June 04, 2005, 09:52:34 PM
How can I do this?  I have never had to repartition a hard drive?
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: Fed on June 04, 2005, 10:00:05 PM
Is you C drive & D drive on one HD that has 2 partitions or are they 2 physical drives?
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: Raptor on June 05, 2005, 06:28:47 AM
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How can I do this?  I have never had to repartition a hard drive?


You can create partitions on a Hard Disk Drive by either using the Windows XP CD as a Bootable disk or by using a Boot diskette.

However, repartitioning a Hard Disk Drive that has allready been partitioned and has files installed will become unreadable until it is formatted. Which means you will loose all your data.
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: Computer_Commando on June 05, 2005, 10:00:34 AM
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How can I do this?  I have never had to repartition a hard drive?

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/partitio.htm
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: New_Leaf on June 06, 2005, 01:58:21 PM
Assuming that C: and D: are both on the same hard drive, use the program "Partition Magic."  This will let you resize the partitions without losing data.
Title: Re: Can I move available space from drive c to dri
Post by: merlin_2 on June 06, 2005, 03:50:19 PM
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/efdfa6aa-4077-45c7-a24c-894df9102b6a.mspx