Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!

I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to change the
size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on my D Drive which
is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).

I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to find it!

Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it should be
done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading freeware or
shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise these tools unless I
need to!!

Jonathon Parr wrote:
> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to
> change the size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on
> my D Drive which is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).
>
> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to
> find it!
>
> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it
> should be done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading
> freeware or shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise
> these tools unless I need to!!

Can't be done natively in Windows - you need third-party software to do
this.

Jonathon Parr wrote:

> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to change the
> size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on my D Drive which
> is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).
>
> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to find it!
>
> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it should be
> done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading freeware or
> shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise these tools unless I
> need to!!

I recommend Partition Magic:
http://www.powerquest.com/

I am sure you are talking about Partition resizing,
That is, one hard drive divided into 2 partitions.
The best way is to re-install XP, by booting with your XP CD installed.
You can delete all partitions and then recreate new ones before installing
XP.
OR
If you have programs installed that you want to keep, you will have to
acquire a 3rd party partition manager, that will change your partitions on
the fly without losing programs already installed.

Examples: Partition Magic or BootIt NG.

Good Luck,
Jerry

"Jonathon Parr" <Jonathon (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:536273AE-B00D-445A-B152-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to change
> the
> size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on my D Drive
> which
> is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).
>
> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to find it!
>
> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it should be
> done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading freeware or
> shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise these tools unless
> I
> need to!!

In news:536273AE-B00D-445A-B152-(E-Mail Removed),
Jonathon Parr <Jonathon (E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked
> before!
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking
> to
> change the size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more
> storage on
> my D Drive which is where I keep all my work (I know, I am
> odd!).
>
> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but
> unless I am
> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem
> to
> find it!


It's not that you're looking in the wrong place. You can't find
it because it doesn't exist.

No version of Windows or DOS has ever had the ability to change
the partition structure of a drive without losing all the data on
it. To do so requires the use of a third-party program. Partition
Magic is the best-known such program, but there are
shareware/freeware alternatives. One shareware product that gets
good reports from several MVPs (although I haven't used it
personally) is Bootit Next Generation.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it
> should be done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into
> downloading
> freeware or shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt
> utilise
> these tools unless I need to!!

Just another word of praise here for Boot Magic. I have used it to set up a
four system multi-boot system and to partition a second hard drive. Works
like it says "magic". But it costs money.

Frank



"Ken Blake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:536273AE-B00D-445A-B152-(E-Mail Removed),
> Jonathon Parr <Jonathon (E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>
>> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!
>>
>> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to
>> change the size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on
>> my D Drive which is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).
>>
>> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
>> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to
>> find it!
>
>
> It's not that you're looking in the wrong place. You can't find it because
> it doesn't exist.
>
> No version of Windows or DOS has ever had the ability to change the
> partition structure of a drive without losing all the data on it. To do so
> requires the use of a third-party program. Partition Magic is the
> best-known such program, but there are shareware/freeware alternatives.
> One shareware product that gets good reports from several MVPs (although I
> haven't used it personally) is Bootit Next Generation.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it
>> should be done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading
>> freeware or shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise
>> these tools unless I need to!!

I know you dont want to but... get bearshare file sharing (freeware) and
search for partition magic.I got it and it works GREAT.User friendly too.
Hope it helps

"Jonathon Parr" wrote:

> Apologies if this is the wrong forumn or it has been asked before!
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Vaio S3VP and am looking to change the
> size of my C drive, decreasing it to allow more storage on my D Drive which
> is where I keep all my work (I know, I am odd!).
>
> I have been trying to find a way to do this through XP but unless I am
> looking in the wrong place (which I probably am!) I can't seem to find it!
>
> Does anyone out there know how it is done please; or even if it should be
> done (?) throgh Windos XP. Im not really into downloading freeware or
> shareware so would appreciate a way that doesnt utilise these tools unless I
> need to!!