Partition managing programs can change an active primary partition.
If you have only one 1 partition on your hard drive and it takes up
the entire space on that drive then you have a couple of choices.

1. Remove all the "bloat" from Windows2K.
a. This starts with the Games (like Pinball)

and ends with deleting

b. Non-essential system files.

For example the
DLLCache files can be removed (150 megs at least)
Driver cache *.cab files (50 megs)
etc

Doesn't take long to regain a serious amount of space.

OF course --- one had better know which files are non-essential -
OR be very good at _undoing_ your changes !

2. Upgrade you Hardrive storage.
a. Go find a used hard drive and load your programs on it.
b. Buy a new hardrive (rather a waste for an old computer).

I would choose #2. over #1 unless you are very comfortable with the
delete key.

Lee

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:09:04 -0700, "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have gotten an older computer, and installed windows
>2000 professional. I soon encountered a problem, as I
>installed programs my C: drive ran out of space, I cannot
>move files, and have deleted as many as I could. I am
>wondering if it is possible to expand my C: drive without
>formating it. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:17:47 -0700, Lee wrote:


I bottom post, so see end of this -- :-)
>
>Partition managing programs can change an active primary partition.
>If you have only one 1 partition on your hard drive and it takes up
>the entire space on that drive then you have a couple of choices.
>
>1. Remove all the "bloat" from Windows2K.
>a. This starts with the Games (like Pinball)
>
>and ends with deleting
>
>b. Non-essential system files.
>
>For example the
>DLLCache files can be removed (150 megs at least)
>Driver cache *.cab files (50 megs)
>etc
>
>Doesn't take long to regain a serious amount of space.
>
>OF course --- one had better know which files are non-essential -
>OR be very good at _undoing_ your changes !
>
>2. Upgrade you Hardrive storage.
>a. Go find a used hard drive and load your programs on it.
>b. Buy a new hardrive (rather a waste for an old computer).
>
>I would choose #2. over #1 unless you are very comfortable with the
>delete key.
>
>Lee
>
>On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:09:04 -0700, "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I have gotten an older computer, and installed windows
>>2000 professional. I soon encountered a problem, as I
>>installed programs my C: drive ran out of space, I cannot
>>move files, and have deleted as many as I could. I am
>>wondering if it is possible to expand my C: drive without
>>formating it. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Use Disk Cleanup (in Administrative Tools), w/ will release some space. Also
make sure you empty the Recycle Bin regularly - when you Delete in W2K, the
file is moved to the Recycle Bin folder -- ie, you gain no space by merely
Deleting files. Disk Cleanup gives you the option of Compress Old Files, w/
I've never used -- I've had bad experiences with Windows and compressed
files -- but W2K is probably safer than older versions. Anyhow, compressing
old files should gain several tens to hundreds of MB.

Finally, check for things like unneeded font files, Word graphics you'll
never or rarely use, and so on. Fonts and graphics can always be scavenged
from a CD if you really need them.

Otherwise, I second Lee's Suggestion #2.

HTH&GL



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