I have WindowsXP pro

I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.

How do I transfer this spare space from my
"E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
about 15% space remaining.

Please help, Frank

You will need a third party utility like Partition Magic, Acronis Disk
Director or BootIt Next Gen
which has a free trial.

BootIt: http://www.bootitng.com/
Acronis:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...titioning.html
Partition Magic:
http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeo...d=sp&pvid=pm80

As always backup any important data files (documents, photos, music, etc.)
before using such a tool as
there is always a small chance that something can go wrong.
Better still backup you entire C: partition to an external drive or a second
internal drive.
You can use Acronis True Image to do this.

JS

"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have WindowsXP pro
>
> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>
> How do I transfer this spare space from my "E" drive to my "C" drive which
> has only about 15% space remaining.
>
> Please help, Frank
>

"JS" <@> wrote in message
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> You will need a third party utility like
> Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director or
> BootIt Next Gen
> which has a free trial.
>
> BootIt: http://www.bootitng.com/
> Acronis:
> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...titioning.html
> Partition Magic:
> http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeo...d=sp&pvid=pm80
>
> As always backup any important data files
> (documents, photos, music, etc.) before
> using such a tool as
> there is always a small chance that
> something can go wrong.
> Better still backup you entire C: partition
> to an external drive or a second internal
> drive.
> You can use Acronis True Image to do this.
>
> JS
>
> "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> news:e%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have WindowsXP pro
>>
>> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>>
>> How do I transfer this spare space from my
>> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
>> about 15% space remaining.
>>
>> Please help, Frank


Thanks, I'll try. I have the Norton Ghost
for backups.

"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> "JS" <@> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You will need a third party utility like
>> Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director or
>> BootIt Next Gen
>> which has a free trial.
>>
>> BootIt: http://www.bootitng.com/
>> Acronis:
>> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...titioning.html
>> Partition Magic:
>> http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeo...d=sp&pvid=pm80
>>
>> As always backup any important data files
>> (documents, photos, music, etc.) before
>> using such a tool as
>> there is always a small chance that
>> something can go wrong.
>> Better still backup you entire C: partition
>> to an external drive or a second internal
>> drive.
>> You can use Acronis True Image to do this.
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>> news:e%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I have WindowsXP pro
>>>
>>> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>>>
>>> How do I transfer this spare space from my
>>> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
>>> about 15% space remaining.
>>>
>>> Please help, Frank
>
>
> Thanks, I'll try. I have the Norton Ghost
> for backups.

You can get Paragon Partition Manager 2005 (aka Partition Magic later
versions) for free at:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloa...n-manager-2005

Also ignore the "time limited demo" reference and go to here for your
keycode:

http://registration.paragon.ag/pm2005


--
Bill

Yep, I have Ghost also, but if you didn't then True Image is free for 15
days.
I'm assuming that D: is your CD/DVD drive and not another partition?
Good luck.

JS

"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You will need a third party utility like Partition Magic, Acronis Disk
>> Director or BootIt Next Gen
>> which has a free trial.
>>
>> BootIt: http://www.bootitng.com/
>> Acronis:
>> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...titioning.html
>> Partition Magic:
>> http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeo...d=sp&pvid=pm80
>>
>> As always backup any important data files (documents, photos, music,
>> etc.) before using such a tool as
>> there is always a small chance that something can go wrong.
>> Better still backup you entire C: partition to an external drive or a
>> second internal drive.
>> You can use Acronis True Image to do this.
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:e%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have WindowsXP pro
>>>
>>> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>>>
>>> How do I transfer this spare space from my "E" drive to my "C" drive
>>> which has only about 15% space remaining.
>>>
>>> Please help, Frank
>
>
> Thanks, I'll try. I have the Norton Ghost for backups.
>

The way you posed your question is an action not possible.
You can't transfer empty space from one hard disk to another.
You can however move data files from your C drive to your spare.
It's always a wise idea to have have two hd's installed, in case your system
goes belly up.

always remember it's not a matter of IF, but When!

"Frank Martin" wrote:

> I have WindowsXP pro
>
> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>
> How do I transfer this spare space from my
> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
> about 15% space remaining.
>
> Please help, Frank
>
>
>

right click My Documents and select Properties. Change the location to E.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


"Frank Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have WindowsXP pro
>
> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>
> How do I transfer this spare space from my "E" drive to my "C" drive which
> has only about 15% space remaining.
>
> Please help, Frank
>

You can resize and move partitions around using a decent partition manager.
Shrinking one partition and then enlarging an adjacent partition to occupy
the resulting free space is an easy task. Takes some time, but it's easy.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"sgopus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:971A31A6-2064-4C13-9C5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The way you posed your question is an action not possible.
> You can't transfer empty space from one hard disk to another.
> You can however move data files from your C drive to your spare.
> It's always a wise idea to have have two hd's installed, in case your
> system
> goes belly up.
>
> always remember it's not a matter of IF, but When!
>
> "Frank Martin" wrote:
>
>> I have WindowsXP pro
>>
>> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>>
>> How do I transfer this spare space from my
>> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
>> about 15% space remaining.
>>
>> Please help, Frank
>>
>>
>>

Frank Martin wrote:

> I have WindowsXP pro
>
> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>
> How do I transfer this spare space from my
> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
> about 15% space remaining.


Are C: and E: partitions on a single physical drive?

Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing the
existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to
do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the
best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One
such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a
free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30
days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such
program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.

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

"Ken Blake, MVP"
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> Frank Martin wrote:
>
>> I have WindowsXP pro
>>
>> I have plenty of space on my "E" drive.
>>
>> How do I transfer this spare space from my
>> "E" drive to my "C" drive which has only
>> about 15% space remaining.
>
>
> Are C: and E: partitions on a single
> physical drive?

Yes they are. My C drive at present has only
programs and Windows and settings.

The D drive has MyDocuments and downloads
from the internet.

The E drive has photos, videos, and thingss=
of that sort.

At present the space is allocated as:

C = 19.5Gb 15%freespace
D = 13.6Gb 25% freespace
E = 193Gb 50% freespace


>
> Unfortunately, no version of Windows
> provides any way of changing the existing
> partition structure of the drive
> nondestructively. The only way to do what
> you want is with third-party software.
> Partition Magic is the best-known such
> program, but there are freeware/shareware
> alternatives. One such program is BootIt
> Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes
> with a free 30-day trial, so you should be
> able to do what you want within that 30
> days. I haven't used it myself (because
> I've never needed to use *any* such
> program), but it comes highly recommended
> by several other MVPs here.
>
> Whatever software you use, make sure you
> have a good backup before beginning.
> Although there's no reason to expect a
> problem, things *can* go wrong.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows:
> Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
=