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Name: punistation
Date: August 3, 2008 at 17:12:39 Pacific
OS: Vista
CPU/Ram: E6850 / 2GB
Comment:

I originally partitioned my HDD to be 100GB for C:, 400 for D:. This was a mistake.

How can I move the ton of free space from C to D?



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Name: Sabertooth
Date: August 3, 2008 at 17:47:12 Pacific
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You can reduce the 100GB partition using the shrink feature in Vista. However, you can't use the built-in disk management tool to combine the left over partition--whatever the size is--with the separate 400GB.

You would need a 3rd party tool for that.

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Response Number 2
Name: wizard-fred
Date: August 4, 2008 at 00:03:08 Pacific
Reply:

3rd party tool such as Ranish Partition Manager.


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Response Number 3
Name: punistation
Date: August 4, 2008 at 07:16:10 Pacific
Reply:

Any recommendations that work with Vista?

(I miss Partition Magic).


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Response Number 4
Name: blackbill
Date: August 4, 2008 at 14:17:31 Pacific
Reply:

Any 3rd party partition manager that's worth anything is one that IS NOT connected to an OS at all.

Ranish is one, but the one I like and use is actually a multi tool system called BOOTitNG

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bo...


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Response Number 5
Name: jefro
Date: August 4, 2008 at 15:32:39 Pacific
Reply:

You can add the D: drive as a folder in C:\. For example C:\olddrive\ would contain the entire contents of what was D:.

You can shrink or expand if you have free space on D:

See this and the MS site. http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02...

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