Low hard drive space on one partition 2nd one is available

[dionys]

Hi,

I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I have one 4.0 GB hard drive
partitioned into two drives that are roughly 2 GB each. The problem
is that the C:\ (system drive) is nearly full and the D:\ is almost
completely empty. What are my best options for moving things to the
D: drive. Should I do a straight copy of docs and user created stuff
and then leave program files on the c:\ drive. Is there a way I can
use the mount drive option in XP to point the c:\ drive to the empty
d:\ partition. I don't want to format and reinstall everything and I
would prefer not to buy a 3rd party product to merge partitions. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hi,

I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I have one 4.0 GB hard drive
partitioned into two drives that are roughly 2 GB each. The problem
is that the C:\ (system drive) is nearly full and the D:\ is almost
completely empty. What are my best options for moving things to the
D: drive. Should I do a straight copy of docs and user created stuff
and then leave program files on the c:\ drive. Is there a way I can
use the mount drive option in XP to point the c:\ drive to the empty
d:\ partition. I don't want to format and reinstall everything and I
would prefer not to buy a 3rd party product to merge partitions. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance

Without third party software, your options are very limited. Since you have
Pro you could create a dynamic drive from disk management and span the two
partitions to one drive letter, but be sure you familiarize yourself with
the pros and cons of dynamic drives. Look in Start> Help and Support for
information on Dynamic Drives.
I would go with Partition Magic or BootIT NG[ they have a full functioning
30 day trial version] to delete the D partition and then resize the C drive
to the full hard drive size.
BTW, Running XP on 4 gigs is very marginal and you will quickly run out of
space, you should consider upgrading to a larger HD.
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[dionys]

Michael,

Just curious what is the purpous of the drive mount feature. I
thought I could move program files to another, larger drive when space
is low on the C: drive, and mount it as C:\Program Files?

Thanks

Hi,

I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I have one 4.0 GB hard drive
partitioned into two drives that are roughly 2 GB each. The problem
is that the C:\ (system drive) is nearly full and the D:\ is almost
completely empty. What are my best options for moving things to the
D: drive. Should I do a straight copy of docs and user created stuff
and then leave program files on the c:\ drive. Is there a way I can
use the mount drive option in XP to point the c:\ drive to the empty
d:\ partition. I don't want to format and reinstall everything and I
would prefer not to buy a 3rd party product to merge partitions. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance

Without third party software, your options are very limited. Since you
have
Pro you could create a dynamic drive from disk management and span the
two
partitions to one drive letter, but be sure you familiarize yourself
with
the pros and cons of dynamic drives. Look in Start> Help and Support
for
information on Dynamic Drives.
I would go with Partition Magic or BootIT NG[ they have a full
functioning
30 day trial version] to delete the D partition and then resize the C
drive
to the full hard drive size.
BTW, Running XP on 4 gigs is very marginal and you will quickly run
out of
space, you should consider upgrading to a larger HD.
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
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[Michael Stevens]

Michael,

Just curious what is the purpous of the drive mount feature. I
thought I could move program files to another, larger drive when space
is low on the C: drive, and mount it as C:\Program Files?

Thanks


dionys wrote:

Not sure what you mean, but you can't just move a program to another
location and expect it to work. The registry has to direct the system to the
location of the program.
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Hi,

I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I have one 4.0 GB hard drive
partitioned into two drives that are roughly 2 GB each. The problem
is that the C:\ (system drive) is nearly full and the D:\ is almost
completely empty. What are my best options for moving things to the
D: drive. Should I do a straight copy of docs and user created stuff
and then leave program files on the c:\ drive. Is there a way I can
use the mount drive option in XP to point the c:\ drive to the empty
d:\ partition. I don't want to format and reinstall everything and I
would prefer not to buy a 3rd party product to merge partitions. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance

Without third party software, your options are very limited. Since you
have
Pro you could create a dynamic drive from disk management and span the
two
partitions to one drive letter, but be sure you familiarize yourself
with
the pros and cons of dynamic drives. Look in Start> Help and Support
for
information on Dynamic Drives.
I would go with Partition Magic or BootIT NG[ they have a full
functioning
30 day trial version] to delete the D partition and then resize the C
drive
to the full hard drive size.
BTW, Running XP on 4 gigs is very marginal and you will quickly run
out of
space, you should consider upgrading to a larger HD.

 

[Ian Smythe]

Michael,

Just curious what is the purpous of the drive mount feature. I
thought I could move program files to another, larger drive when space
is low on the C: drive, and mount it as C:\Program Files?

Thanks

Hi,

I have a laptop running windows xp pro. I have one 4.0 GB hard drive
partitioned into two drives that are roughly 2 GB each. The problem
is that the C:\ (system drive) is nearly full and the D:\ is almost
completely empty. What are my best options for moving things to the
D: drive. Should I do a straight copy of docs and user created stuff
and then leave program files on the c:\ drive. Is there a way I can
use the mount drive option in XP to point the c:\ drive to the empty
d:\ partition. I don't want to format and reinstall everything and I
would prefer not to buy a 3rd party product to merge partitions. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance

Without third party software, your options are very limited. Since you
have
Pro you could create a dynamic drive from disk management and span the
two
partitions to one drive letter, but be sure you familiarize yourself
with
the pros and cons of dynamic drives. Look in Start> Help and Support
for
information on Dynamic Drives.
I would go with Partition Magic or BootIT NG[ they have a full
functioning
30 day trial version] to delete the D partition and then resize the C
drive
to the full hard drive size.
BTW, Running XP on 4 gigs is very marginal and you will quickly run
out of
space, you should consider upgrading to a larger HD.

You can do what you want by using Application Mover which you can
obtain FREE from download.com! It will move any program from one drive
to another AND it will reset the path for you. Apparently a lot of
people have never heard of this program or know what it does. I would be
lost without it! I've moved hundreds of files on different computers
using this program with complete success. The important thing here is
that it resets the path to the new drive.

 

[Ian Smythe]

Not sure what you mean, but you can't just move a program to another
location and expect it to work. The registry has to direct the system to the
location of the program.

Michael, check my answer! There is an easy way to do this.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Michael, check my answer! There is an easy way to do this.

Thanks, I will check it out.
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