Partition woes

[Noel]

I'm using XP-home on a Sony VAIO laptop. My hard drive is
partitioned to a C: drive using the FAT 32 file system,
and a D: drive using NTFS. The C drive is full, but I
can't move any of my files to the (nearly empty) D drive.

Am I completely misunderstanding the system or is there
some quick fix available?

Thanks.

 

[Curt]

Probably the best thing for you to do is purchase a third party partitioning
utility like Partition Magic from PowerQuest. If you decide to do this, be
sure to backup your data and perform a custom installation of PM on your D:
drive. You can then resize C: to any proportion you like without taking a
chance on fouling up your system configuration on C.
All this sounds like a cumbersome process, but it not difficult at all. The
PM wizards make the whole process easy to deal with. You're not looking to
spend any money here but, it would be money well spent.

 

[Richie]

What do you mean you can't move any files to the D: drive?
You should be able to simple cut and paste documents, mp3's, etc.... to the
d: drive.
The NTFS partition will be more efficient at keeping up with them than the
Fat32 would, anyway.
Rich