how can i switch vista to a smaller partion?

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Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to a smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C]. Any help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
Thanks for the reply Mark, But the most it will allow me to enlarge E is to
97GB for XP while C has 190GB for Vista & I would much prefer to have the
larger capacity for XP.
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PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
If you shrink C with DiskMgmt.msc, you can put XP on an enlarged E:, and
boot to it automatically if you like, but changing the drive letter of an
existing install of Vista is not going to work.

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PaPaBear65 said:
Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to a
smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C]. Any
help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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There is a trick to shrinking C:. Turn off Virtual Memory (start orb, type
sysdm.cpl, ok, Advanced tab, Performance area settings button, Advanced tab,
change button, disable VM) Now restart and run the Disk Defragmenter (system
tools), then diskmgmt.msc to shrink C:, and enlarge E:

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PaPaBear65 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark, But the most it will allow me to enlarge E is
to
97GB for XP while C has 190GB for Vista & I would much prefer to have the
larger capacity for XP.
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
If you shrink C with DiskMgmt.msc, you can put XP on an enlarged E:, and
boot to it automatically if you like, but changing the drive letter of an
existing install of Vista is not going to work.

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PaPaBear65 said:
Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to a
smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C]. Any
help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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I tried that & it said i could shrink my C drive 29000mb but i get a
message"there is not enough space on the disks to complete the operation"
when I try to do it?
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
There is a trick to shrinking C:. Turn off Virtual Memory (start orb, type
sysdm.cpl, ok, Advanced tab, Performance area settings button, Advanced tab,
change button, disable VM) Now restart and run the Disk Defragmenter (system
tools), then diskmgmt.msc to shrink C:, and enlarge E:

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PaPaBear65 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark, But the most it will allow me to enlarge E is
to
97GB for XP while C has 190GB for Vista & I would much prefer to have the
larger capacity for XP.
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
If you shrink C with DiskMgmt.msc, you can put XP on an enlarged E:, and
boot to it automatically if you like, but changing the drive letter of an
existing install of Vista is not going to work.

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Mark L. Ferguson

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Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to a
smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C]. Any
help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
Since mine went well, I'm not sure what you are running into. If the VM was
back on, perhaps it needs some minimum space. There is a way to cast the VM
manually over to the new E, but you have not got that available yet. I would
think turning off VM during all this, then a manual setting later would do
it. Remember you are doing all this in Vista at the moment, and later, the
VM should not be that much of an issue.

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PaPaBear65 said:
I tried that & it said i could shrink my C drive 29000mb but i get a
message"there is not enough space on the disks to complete the operation"
when I try to do it?
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
There is a trick to shrinking C:. Turn off Virtual Memory (start orb,
type
sysdm.cpl, ok, Advanced tab, Performance area settings button, Advanced
tab,
change button, disable VM) Now restart and run the Disk Defragmenter
(system
tools), then diskmgmt.msc to shrink C:, and enlarge E:

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PaPaBear65 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark, But the most it will allow me to enlarge E
is
to
97GB for XP while C has 190GB for Vista & I would much prefer to have
the
larger capacity for XP.
--
PaPa Bear65


:

If you shrink C with DiskMgmt.msc, you can put XP on an enlarged E:,
and
boot to it automatically if you like, but changing the drive letter of
an
existing install of Vista is not going to work.

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Mark L. Ferguson

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Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to
a
smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C].
Any
help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
thanks for the effort Mark but i think i'm going to leave it alone for awhile
& try to do it again at a later date.
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
Since mine went well, I'm not sure what you are running into. If the VM was
back on, perhaps it needs some minimum space. There is a way to cast the VM
manually over to the new E, but you have not got that available yet. I would
think turning off VM during all this, then a manual setting later would do
it. Remember you are doing all this in Vista at the moment, and later, the
VM should not be that much of an issue.

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PaPaBear65 said:
I tried that & it said i could shrink my C drive 29000mb but i get a
message"there is not enough space on the disks to complete the operation"
when I try to do it?
--
PaPa Bear65


Mark L. Ferguson said:
There is a trick to shrinking C:. Turn off Virtual Memory (start orb,
type
sysdm.cpl, ok, Advanced tab, Performance area settings button, Advanced
tab,
change button, disable VM) Now restart and run the Disk Defragmenter
(system
tools), then diskmgmt.msc to shrink C:, and enlarge E:

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Thanks for the reply Mark, But the most it will allow me to enlarge E
is
to
97GB for XP while C has 190GB for Vista & I would much prefer to have
the
larger capacity for XP.
--
PaPa Bear65


:

If you shrink C with DiskMgmt.msc, you can put XP on an enlarged E:,
and
boot to it automatically if you like, but changing the drive letter of
an
existing install of Vista is not going to work.

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Mark L. Ferguson

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Hi, until I feel more comfortable with Vista I'd like to move it to
a
smaller
portion of my HDD[E] so I can install XP on the larger portion[C].
Any
help
will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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