How to get more Space to C

[Chandima]

I reformatted my computer and installed Windows-7 again. However, the people who did that have allocated only 14 GB for drive C. Now it is totally full. There are over 500 GB of free space in other drives.

How can I get those free spaces added to C (is it possible)?

Sorry for my Novice knowledge

 

[wonderboy1953]

Have you tried transferring files from one drive to another?

That can solve your problem.

 

[claptonman]

How many physical hard drives do you have and which one has windows on it?

 

[Chandima]

That can solve your problem.

Thanks. All most all are in WINDOWS folder which I can not move

 

[Chandima]

Thanks I will try

 

[Chandima]

how many physical hard drives do you have and which one has windows on it?

c:14 gb
d: 180 gb
e: 320 gb

 

[claptonman]

c:14 gb
d: 180 gb
e: 320 gb

Is that all one hard drive, or separate partition?

And do not do what wonderboy said. You cannot just move the OS to another drive.

 

[wonderboy1953]

Reread my post

Is that all one hard drive, or separate partition?

And do not do what wonderboy said. You cannot just move the OS to another drive.

Didn't say to move the OS, just the files (videos, music, etc.)

 

[claptonman]

Didn't say to move the OS, just the files (videos, music, etc.)

I see that, but with windows and updates, it comes to about 13GB, so I'm guess all he has on there is windows. And also because he reinstalled recently.

 

[Chandima]

Didn't say to move the OS, just the files (videos, music, etc.)

No other big files (May be I can clear 100 MB by moving those files)

 

[StrangleHold]

You never said if all three partitions are on the same drive, or do you have two/three harddrives? My guess is its the same drive or the C and D is on one drive and E is a different drive.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Someone didn't partition the drive correctly

And once again I ignored the title bar and everything Wonderboy said....

 

[Chandima]

Someone didn't partition the drive correctly

And once again I ignored the title bar and everything Wonderboy said....

It is the same drive where all C D and E located. Yes, the guys who installed WINDOWS7 have wrongly partition the drive. Now what I want to know is whether I can get some space from D or E and add to C without making any changes to the existing software or OS

 

[voyagerfan99]

It is the same drive where all C D and E located. Yes, the guys who installed WINDOWS7 have wrongly partition the drive. Now what I want to know is whether I can get some space from D or E and add to C without making any changes to the existing software or OS

Best way would be to download a liveCD of GParted (since it has a GUI and is easier to understand.) Shrink (or delete) another partition, and then just expand the C drive.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

 

[Chandima]

Best way would be to download a liveCD of GParted (since it has a GUI and is easier to understand.) Shrink (or delete) another partition, and then just expand the C drive.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

Thanks I'll try

 

[wolfeking]

it can be done through windows 7, no need for Gparted. go to the start menu and type partition in the search box and hit enter. Then select the d/e or bot space that you want to give to the c drive right click and select delete. Then go to teh c drive right click and hit expand and follow the wizard that will guide you and expand the C drive.

 

[kurby]

Download Gpart, Burn to cd, Boot to cd and extend your partition thoughout the dirve

 

[wolfeking]

again, that is not the easiest way to do it, and if you run it through the windows partition manager then you don't need to download anything.

 

[StrangleHold]

Like wolfeking said. If you have 7, just drag any files you want to save to the E partition from D. Format D, then merge D with C. But back up anything important just in case you end up pissing in a fan.

 

[kurby]

I thought in order to expand a partition through windows you had to convert it to dynamic disk?