Partitions

[Andy]

My laptop manufacturer has decided to split my one 70GB SATA hard drive into
2 partitions C&D with 34gb total showing on each. I don't like it like this
I want the most hard disk space I can get on C: partition so I have to find
a way of shifting the free space in partition D: to c: whilst still leaving
the laptop recovery system files on the D: partition is there any way of
doing this without having to reload windows vista.

I think there is a program called partition magic but I think you have to
pay for it - anyone know of a similar thing for free? ;-) or is there
something hidden in the new windows vista OS that can adjust partition sizes
that I don't know about. Its Vista premium home edition and it don't seem
configured for RAID.

Thanks,

Andy.

 

[Don]

My laptop manufacturer has decided to split my one 70GB SATA hard drive into
2 partitions C&D with 34gb total showing on each. I don't like it like this
I want the most hard disk space I can get on C: partition so I have to find
a way of shifting the free space in partition D: to c: whilst still leaving
the laptop recovery system files on the D: partition is there any way of
doing this without having to reload windows vista.

I think there is a program called partition magic but I think you have to
pay for it - anyone know of a similar thing for free? ;-)

I use Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 for this kind of thing. It's not
free, but you can download a free trial and use it for 30 days.
As far as I know, Partition Magic is not yet compatible with Vista, so
don't use it.

or is there
something hidden in the new windows vista OS that can adjust partition sizes
that I don't know about...

Yes, Disk Manager will do that. Sadly, it won't adjust the C:\
partition because Vista is installed there. You need a third
party app like Acronis to do what you need.

 

[...winston]

Duplicate post created 2 hours later..
See responses in this forum in the second new post started on this same topic.
"changing partition sizes on vista laptop"

..winston

: My laptop manufacturer has decided to split my one 70GB SATA hard drive into
: 2 partitions C&D with 34gb total showing on each. I don't like it like this
: I want the most hard disk space I can get on C: partition so I have to find
: a way of shifting the free space in partition D: to c: whilst still leaving
: the laptop recovery system files on the D: partition is there any way of
: doing this without having to reload windows vista.
:
: I think there is a program called partition magic but I think you have to
: pay for it - anyone know of a similar thing for free? ;-) or is there
: something hidden in the new windows vista OS that can adjust partition sizes
: that I don't know about. Its Vista premium home edition and it don't seem
: configured for RAID.
:
: Thanks,
:
: Andy.
:
:
:

 

[Rock]

My laptop manufacturer has decided to split my one 70GB SATA hard drive
into 2 partitions C&D with 34gb total showing on each. I don't like it
like this I want the most hard disk space I can get on C: partition so I
have to find a way of shifting the free space in partition D: to c: whilst
still leaving the laptop recovery system files on the D: partition is
there any way of doing this without having to reload windows vista.

I think there is a program called partition magic but I think you have to
pay for it - anyone know of a similar thing for free? ;-) or is there
something hidden in the new windows vista OS that can adjust partition
sizes that I don't know about. Its Vista premium home edition and it don't
seem configured for RAID.

Replied in your other thread.