Drive partitions

[RipperT]

A friends old Gateway laptop (XP Home SP 2) has a 40 GB HDD that looks like
this in Comp. Mgmt.:

15.16 GB unallocated
(D 510 MB FAT32
110 MB unallocated
(C 4.99 GB NTFS
New Volume (F 16.49 GB NTFS (Page File)

The C drive contains the Windows folder and program files and is only 4%
free. I can't even defrag it. I've already freed up as much space on this
thing as I can. Is there a way to reconfigure the partitions and logical
drives to enlarge the C drive or make more room for the Windows OS? He
doesn't have any recovery discs or the original OS disc.

Many thanks,

Ripper

 

[Leonard Grey]

Certainly - but you'll need third party partitioning software. Look at
(alphabetical order) Acronis True Image, Symantec Partition Magic, and
Terabyte Unlimited Image for Windows.

Two caveats:

1- Repartitioning is complex - don't start until you're sure of what
you're doing.

2- Backup first.

 

[smlunatick]

Certainly - but you'll need third party partitioning software. Look at
(alphabetical order) Acronis True Image, Symantec Partition Magic, and
Terabyte Unlimited Image for Windows.

Two caveats:

1- Repartitioning is complex - don't start until you're sure of what
you're doing.

2- Backup first.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est








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I have to say this but Partition Magic should be the "last" utility
you should look at. Symantec seems to always take good software and
make it worst.

 

[RipperT]

Thanks for the help. I've downloaded Acronis first to the desktop, then to
the F drive and it won't install from either place; I keep getting the C:
drive 'not enough space' error message. Downloaded Terabyte Unlimited and an
error says it's not a valid Win32 app. I really don't want any symantec
products on any machine I touch. Can you help? Thanks.

Rip

 

[Leonard Grey]

Sorry - I can't help with the install. You might have to free up more
space on C:

 

[RipperT]

Acronis will not do anything without the presence of at least two physical
discs.

Rip

 

[Leonard Grey]

I owe the OP an apology, and I hope s/he reads this: The Acronis product
I should have mentioned is Disk Director.

 

[MikeR]

Thanks for the help. I've downloaded Acronis first to the desktop, then to
the F drive and it won't install from either place; I keep getting the C:
drive 'not enough space' error message. Downloaded Terabyte Unlimited and an
error says it's not a valid Win32 app. I really don't want any symantec
products on any machine I touch. Can you help? Thanks.

I think that should be Acronis Disk Director, not Acronis True Image.
Mike