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how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:00:43 GMT

Hi all now i have my pc cleand out and a fresh install ok my hard drive isint huge 40 gb but hey it has been enough for me in the past the thing is i could do with the partition being changed just now it is plit into c drive 18.6 gb and d drive 18.5 gb
my d drive with windows ect onit i would think dosent realy need all that am i right ?????
if so how can i assign more to my c drive withought lossing all my new set up and things is this possible to just reasign more to c drive from d i know it is all one drive but can i change how much is assigned for each part ???

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

kee-lo_ — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:07:26 GMT

Oh this can be messy. I feel it would be best to leave be, once you have all your programs + Windows 18.5GB is ample.

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

tellingd — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:20:29 GMT

You probably do not need 18GB for Windows and your program files so in theory it's a good idea to change the partition sizes. However, you will need specialist software to do it and it is fraught with danger.

I understand that you can set the partition sizes if you do a complete reinstallation, i.e. C & D drives. Perhaps that may be an option.

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:21:46 GMT

i kinda thought that but i have been told you can get programs to make this possible withought lossing info on the drive
i know i can do it when doing a clean install but only found out after already doing it

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:24:43 GMT

tellingd
you bet me to the reply :smileygrin:
i was hopping i wouldint have to do a clean install to do it thou
i have just done it a week ago and have just got there with all my programs and camera drivers ect and still not got it back to norm yet lol

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

tellingd — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:30:38 GMT

No problem

There is a piece of software called "PartitionMagic". It's a bit expensive (£70+) and I don't think you'll need it very often so probably not worth it.

Another option of course would be an external HDD - pick one up for the price of PartionMagic?

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:39:17 GMT

yup a bit to much at £70 i would rather the clean install i might just get another hard drive and add that on
i am not that much up on pc's yet but i am getting there
its just that every program you go to install always points to c programs ect so my c drive always gets packed full i suppose i should learn to direct some to the d; drive :smileygrin:

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

tellingd — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:00:58 GMT

Generally, people leave all programs on the C: drive and keep their data (photos, music etc) on the 😧 drive.

It's the data that can get out of hand. If you have a digital camera and an over-enthusiastic wife it's very easy to find yourself with gigabytes of pictures in next to no time!:smileytongue:

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:08:25 GMT

thats what i was needing the room for all the pics of cats kids infact everything that moves gets a pic taken of it lol
and i get left with a pc full of pics i normaly stick them on a cd but takes ages to find them again to print them of or just to have a rake thrue
i think another hard driveis on the crimbo list this year :smileygrin:
blame the wife and pics lol

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

tellingd — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:16:48 GMT

Aye, I always blame the wife

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

kee-lo_ — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:28:05 GMT

If you really need to do it I'm sure PartitionMagic would do it....
But I did use it once, and I wasn't happy with it's performance (thank god I backed up!!!)

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:18:52 GMT

i think it would be best to buy another hard drive and just add it in for all the bits i save and leave well alone now that i have it all sorted out again :smileygrin: might talk to santa about an external hard drive there not that much to buy now and i dont need a huge one just for pics ect

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:21:31 GMT

Hope Santa helps you out.

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:38:01 GMT

lol so do i Kee_Loo the list is getting bigger by the day lmao

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:39:12 GMT

sorry kee_lo i keep sticking another oooooo in your name lol :smileyblush:

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

kee-lo_ — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:41:02 GMT

I have no relation to the loo LOL

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:51:53 GMT

LOL - you got quite sensitive about it last time - does Kee-Bassi ring a bell?!:smileylaugh:

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

robpaxton — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:56:23 GMT

Not as good as Fee-Lo though . . . . . a classic typo

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

jammold — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:01:46 GMT

ROFLMAO - Nope. My vote goes with Pee-LO - its the best typo ever!

Re: how to change the partition on my hard drive

madxbri — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:03:24 GMT

lmao what have i started sorry m8 :smileygrin: