Disk Partition Sizes

[darrent]

Ok, got a new laptop a few months ago (Vaio VGN-FS195XP) - great laptop BUT it has a C drive and a D drive. The C drive is only 15GB which is now nearly full (got 100MB left) but the D drive is 65GB and got tons of room left.

Question is how do I resize the partition??

[randlemarcus]

Whatever you do don't visit a site such as http://kickme.to/fosi (actually dont in the office, trust me).
When you are not there, dont find a program such as Partition Magic or Commander or somesuch and download it.

That obviously wont help at all......

[arcturus]

Or if most of the space is taken up with stuff in 'My Documents' or other data type stuff, just move it on to the D Drive.

To move My Docs and its subfolders such as My Music and My Pictures to the D drive, click Start then right click on My Documents and select properties.

In the 'Target Folder Location' box, change C: to D: click OK and there you are.

[darrent]

arcturus said:

Or if most of the space is taken up with stuff in 'My Documents' or other data type stuff, just move it on to the D Drive. To move My Docs and its subfolders such as My Music and My Pictures to the D drive, click Start then right click on My Documents and select properties. In the 'Target Folder Location' box, change C: to D: click OK and there you are.

No it's mostly program files like windows, office, adobe suite plus other stuff I need. If I use Partition Magic and similar is there any danger of losing files while I resize?

[pdV6]

darrent said:

it's mostly program files like windows, office, adobe suite plus other stuff I need. If I use Partition Magic and similar is there any danger of losing files while I resize?

There's always the danger of losing data, which is why PM and similar tools will advise you to back up before starting to fiddle.

IME Partition Magic has never missed a beat, but that doesn't rule out a power cut or suchlike.

If you're worried about it, back it up.

[simpo two]

I was recommended to use Partition Expert when my 5Gb C Drive sarted groaning, and it worked prefectly. Easy to use as well.

I fitted a second hard drive so now have the original 40Gb one for C, and the new 80Gb one for D, which will keep me going for a good while.

[voyds9]

Am I missing something here, just put the new information on D.

I run 2 drive split into 3 partitions
C for windows and games
D for Vital documents, pictures etc
E for download, films etc


Only C gets wiped on a reformat and Docs are relatively safe.