Disk Space Allocation

[Guest]

I am using an IBM Thinkpad 600X running Windows 2000 (Japanese version)

The computer seems to be o.k. except for the allocation of disk space, which is causing me some problems. I would like to reallocate the space but I am not sure exactly how and I am afraid that by mucking around with things I could make the situation worse rather than better

The basic situation is as follows

1. At the highest level the disk is divided into three partitions (this is how I inherited the computer):
- "NT (C", which is 1.47 GB (520 MB Used / 985 MB Free
- "Apps (D", which is 1.47 GB (1.45 GB Used / 11.5 MB Free
- "Data (E", which is 7.81 GB (337 MB Used / 7.48 GB Free

2. In addition, there appears to be 487 MB of unallocated disk space (I checked the Computer Manager

3. In the Computer Manager, D Drive is listed as Boot ("ブート") and C Drive is listed as System ("システム"). E Drive has no specified designation

4. Because of the fact that the D drive is so full (basically it's at capacity), several programs are not running properly and it is impossible to download new necessary software from the Internet (such as Acrobat reader) and I cannot run programs that require a lot of memory (such as Photoshop, which will not open due to such limitations). Particularly since it seems that D drive is the default location to which to download anything new

5. I have tried the following without success

a. Clean out the D Drive of unnecessary information. This was not effective because most of what is on the drive appears to be necessary. There are three main folders on the drive: "Documents and Settings" (105 MB), "Program Files" (129 MB), and "WINNT" (1.03 GB

b. Move information from the D Drive to either C or E. When I try to move any of the three folders mentioned in the previous point, I get an error message saying that these are system folders and cannot be renamed or moved

c. Mount D onto E. It seems that mounting a drive onto another drive should provide access to the excess space. I created an empty folder on my E drive onto which I mounted the D Drive. I see a drive icon on my E drive but, other than that, it does not seem to have solved anything either

d. Add the unallocated 487 MB of space to the D Drive. This also did not work. Before hitting the final "O.K.", I got a message saying that I will need to change the "boot.ini" file. And that, if this is o.k., I should proceed. I did not proceed because I don't even know what this file is. Furthermore, even if I could find the file, I would not even know what changes I should make

So, in summary, I have lots of space on the computer. However, since the D Drive is limited in space and since a lot of the system information is on that drive and cannot be moved anywhere else, I am a somewhat handcuffed. Any help, advice, or assistance that you can give to help solve this would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

[Jisha]

Get a new (bigger) HDD and a copy of Norton Ghost... transfer everything to
the new drive and expand the partition sizes while you're at it.
Buying a new drive may be painful ($$$'s) up front, but pays for itself in
reduced doctor bills because of all the headaches you've got

I am using an IBM Thinkpad 600X running Windows 2000 (Japanese version).

The computer seems to be o.k. except for the allocation of disk space,

which is causing me some problems. I would like to reallocate the space but
I am not sure exactly how and I am afraid that by mucking around with things
I could make the situation worse rather than better.

The basic situation is as follows:

1. At the highest level the disk is divided into three partitions (this is how I inherited the computer):
- "NT (C", which is 1.47 GB (520 MB Used / 985 MB Free)
- "Apps (D", which is 1.47 GB (1.45 GB Used / 11.5 MB Free)
- "Data (E", which is 7.81 GB (337 MB Used / 7.48 GB Free)

2. In addition, there appears to be 487 MB of unallocated disk space (I checked the Computer Manager)

3. In the Computer Manager, D Drive is listed as Boot ("???") and C Drive

is listed as System ("????"). E Drive has no specified designation.

4. Because of the fact that the D drive is so full (basically it's at

capacity), several programs are not running properly and it is impossible to
download new necessary software from the Internet (such as Acrobat reader)
and I cannot run programs that require a lot of memory (such as Photoshop,
which will not open due to such limitations). Particularly since it seems
that D drive is the default location to which to download anything new.

5. I have tried the following without success:

a. Clean out the D Drive of unnecessary information. This was not

effective because most of what is on the drive appears to be necessary.
There are three main folders on the drive: "Documents and Settings" (105
MB), "Program Files" (129 MB), and "WINNT" (1.03 GB)

b. Move information from the D Drive to either C or E. When I try to move

any of the three folders mentioned in the previous point, I get an error
message saying that these are system folders and cannot be renamed or moved.

c. Mount D onto E. It seems that mounting a drive onto another drive

should provide access to the excess space. I created an empty folder on my
E drive onto which I mounted the D Drive. I see a drive icon on my E drive
but, other than that, it does not seem to have solved anything either.

d. Add the unallocated 487 MB of space to the D Drive. This also did not

work. Before hitting the final "O.K.", I got a message saying that I will
need to change the "boot.ini" file. And that, if this is o.k., I should
proceed. I did not proceed because I don't even know what this file is.
Furthermore, even if I could find the file, I would not even know what
changes I should make.

So, in summary, I have lots of space on the computer. However, since the

D Drive is limited in space and since a lot of the system information is on
that drive and cannot be moved anywhere else, I am a somewhat handcuffed.
Any help, advice, or assistance that you can give to help solve this would
be GREATLY appreciated.