Re-partition hard drive in windows xp

[AuthorizedUser]

Good morning;
I installed a Maxtor 250GB Hard drive over the weekend and instaled Windows
XP Pro. I partitioned the hard drive with the maxblaster installation cd.
With the CD, I partitioned into C: = 46.6 GB and D: = 186GB. My boot files
and programs are all on C:
I really wanted to give C drive a greater size. Say 200GB and have D with
the remaining space. Can I do this easily in Win XP now that I have data on
C: ?

I know I can probably do it with Partition Magic but if I can use XP
instead, all the better.
I have searched articles , but all relate to partitioning and formatting a
clean hard drive, nothing about increasing the allocated space of a
partition that already has files and programs.
I thought that perhaps, the way to approach it was to delete the D partition
since there is no data, but I don't know how to allot extra space to C:

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Phil

 

[wayne]

You have your own answer. Partition magic is the way to go!

But why do you care about the size of the partition?

It is all on one hard drive so speed is going to be pretty much the same no
matter where the file is located.

Don't get hung up on drive letters!
Folders are used to organize files not drive letters.

When we set up servers at work we use either 18 or 36 GB hard drives for the
C drive and then one raid 5 drive for everything else!

Wayne

 

[AuthorizedUser]

I am concerned only because I've read that it is best to
have all your programs on one partition to reduce
conflict. I currently have about 7 GB of the C partition
taken with Program applications.
I don't want encounter problems if I now install more
programs on D. Then I will have programs on both drives
and it may be the case that one file can utilize programs
on both partitions. If this may cause problems in the
future, I would rather make the switch now that partition
D is virtually empty.

So what you are telling me is that the partition really
doesn't matter if you have programs installed on both and
there is a particular file or files that will utilize
Programs on both partitions? As long as it is all on one
Drive, the paths to the applications will be retained by
the OS and the program?

 

[DL]

Personally I've allways setup with the o/s installed on a small partition,
programs on another and data on a third. Most apps can be configured to
store/access data files on a drive/partition other than the one the app is
installed on. Makes no difference to the operation of the sys.