Repartitioning hard drive

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shamrock838

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Repartitioning Hard Drive:

I am looking for repartitioning software to reallocate available free disk space from Drive D to Drive C on my Dell desktop computer.

About three years ago, I acquired a Dell Vostro 420 Tower desktop running on the Microsoft Vista 32 Operating System. I'm still using my original drive configuration but I've recently began to run low on my Drive (C) free space – now a mere 876 MB) - while I still have ample Drive (D) free space - 189 GB.

In a previous computer life, I resorted to commercially available repartitioning software to balance out my hard drive usage. This worked out fine.

I'm at this stage again and am seeking a reliable and versatile repartitioning program. Shopping online, I've seen mention of the Avanquest Partition Commander 10 and Partition Commander 11 programs. How do these compare with other available programs?

Indeed, can anyone out there come forward with general advice about repartitioning my drive setup for more optimum performance, etc? Thanks,

Shamrock838
 
if both partitions are on the same hard drive then vista, 7, and 8CP all have partition software installed by default that can do what you are looking to do.
 
wolfeking said:
if both partitions are on the same hard drive then vista, 7, and 8CP all have partition software installed by default that can do what you are looking to do.
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Too bad Windows XP does not have all that :P
That is why I always create just one partition which uses the entire HDD so I don't have to worry about these LOW SPACE things :P
 
well some of these people could do that. Some like me that are running multiple operating systems on 1 drive, I leave just enough room for the system (40GB on XP, Vista, and 2000, and 20GB on Ubuntu) and have a single large data drive where I point all of my downloads and saved files and such. It works well when you know how to do it.
 
Look in Disk Management, you would want to Expand the C partition into D.

If any Data on D is precious, you might want to back it up first, in case something goes wrong.
 
wolfeking said:
well some of these people could do that. Some like me that are running multiple operating systems on 1 drive, I leave just enough room for the system (40GB on XP, Vista, and 2000, and 20GB on Ubuntu) and have a single large data drive where I point all of my downloads and saved files and such. It works well when you know how to do it.
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True,but most people do not know how to do it :P
Besides I hate having more than one operating system on the HDD lol.I always did.I use WIN XP PRO SP3 and everything I am doing works great on it so there is no point in having multiple operating systems.But that's just me lol.
 
Windows disk management is usable, but for ease of use, I agree with strollin, e a s e u s partion master is good, easy slide system.
 
User0one said:
Look in Disk Management, you would want to Expand the C partition into D.

If any Data on D is precious, you might want to back it up first, in case something goes wrong.
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Some years back I heard about the inadvisability of groupiing data and operating files on the same disk drive in case the latter went down and trashed everything.

Also, I'm perfecly content with using one operating system on my computer as I like to keep things as relatively simple and uncomplicated as possible - since I'm not that sophisticated computerwise.

Again, I'm using Windows Vista 32 Business as my O.S.

Shamrock838
 
I just did this on a 7 computer, think Vista works the same.

Since I am a bit anal about loss of Data, I emptied the D Partition first by copying the Data off the Computer, Then in Disk Management, Delete the D Partition to to turn it into unallocated space.

When Extending the C Partition in Disk Management, it is almost instantaneous since Windows doesn't have to move Data around. You just need to type in the numbers you want to increase the space.

Then just Make a new D Partition out of the Left 0ver unallocated space.

If you don't know how to get to Disk Management there are many sites you can find with Google that have the directions.
 
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