Just bought a lab top with XP Pro,SP2, etc, and it has a parition on the drive, C:/ and D:/, My question is this, Is it possible to delete the partition so that the C:/ is showing full 40G with out formating the HDD? I do not want the D:/ partition and Windows says its empty, plus the C:/ is all but full. Hope this makes sence!! Also I've found that the LT is slower than it should be, is this becouse partition C:/ is almost full?? Thanks in advance for any help Talent does what it can; Genius does what it must!

I'm very sure you can do that with like windows disk management or software like partition magic. DOn't know specifically how but i'm very sure its possible without any data loss. Cheers Please visit my website! www.benmc.tk Thankyou

Do not use windows disk management if you want to keep the data on C: What you are talking about doing is called "merging" partitions. You will need a third-party tool such as Partition Magic to do it non-destructively.

If you have a bunch of data that you could move from C: to D:, that might be a better solution. Most experts advise separate partitions for the Operating System and programs/data. The reason is that, if your OS goes kaput, you can format that drive and save all your data and programs.

You cannot do it without some third party software. You need to delete the D: partition and then expand the C: partition to fill the empty space. You cannot do that from within Windows. You can try downloading in BootIt NT. It is essentially a boot manager but also comes with a good partition manager. It will allow you do do what you want. It is shareware and comes with a 40 day trial period. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ An cramped C: drive will slow things down as the OS searches for places to put temporary files which it is creating all the time. Stuart

This can be done as mentioned above with a third party program but it is not a good idea. One of the main reasons why these machines come with a partition is so that you can keep only the base files on your boot partition (C drive) and all other files and senitive data on the other drive. If a partition is going to fail it will most likely be the boot partition. If you have to reinstall then you won't lose your sensitive data...IF it is on a separate partition.