expand partition on HD

[Loser]

the computer I purchased came with a single 120gb hard
drive that is partitioned into two drive: c:=20gb and
d:=100gb. The C: drive is almost full. Can I expand the
C: drive to 30gb or 40gb without reformating?

 

[Thane of Lochaber]

You'll need a third party program such as Partition Magic in order to resize
partitions.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows installation, is to use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| the computer I purchased came with a single 120gb hard
| drive that is partitioned into two drive: c:=20gb and
| d:=100gb. The C: drive is almost full. Can I expand the
| C: drive to 30gb or 40gb without reformating?

 

[scoobiedo]

You sure can, just purchase one of the partitioning software pkgs out there
and away you go. Partition Magic is just one of them.

the computer I purchased came with a single 120gb hard
drive that is partitioned into two drive: c:=20gb and
d:=100gb. The C: drive is almost full. Can I expand the
C: drive to 30gb or 40gb without reformating?

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Unless you have Windows XP Pro on a Desktop PC with Dynamic Disks

That is probably out of the scope of this question though.

 

[bullwinkel J. Moose]

Perhaps you can help me Cary? I have added an external hard drive. My
desktop recognizes the drive. I have so far made only one partition call it
logical drive Q: However I cannot write to it or read it. I have checked on
permission on it but am more confused than ever. I can do both if in my
Administrators desktop but I don't want to have to do that. The message I
get is: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect in
this computer. Please contact you system administrator."

I have only one computer and as far as I can tell my regular desktop has
administrator priveledges.

What am I missing? What can I do? You are always very helpful, can you help
me?

Thanks

 

[DL]

Probably because you blindly used the default install when you installed any
apps. The default install is allways to the C drive.