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Answer» Hi Group, Hi group, 40 GB (Metric size) = 37.25 GB (Binary size) System as 3? Do you mean that there is 3 GB used on the System volume C: or is there only 3 GB free-space on C: ? If you look carefully you will see if D: is sitting inside an Extended Partition shown by a green outline. You would need to delete D: and then delete the Extended partition first of all and then use a reliable partition re-sizer to extend C: the full size of the drive. If it was me I would move the My Documents and Email folders to the D: drive and see what space is left on C: then shrink the C: drive down to a reasonable size, make the Extended partition larger and then increase the size of the D: drive and make a drive image of the C: drive. Say... [10 GB C:]{[27 GigaByte Logical drive D:]} Where 10 GB = 10240 MB, and { & } is the extent of the Extended partition. As it is... [20 GigaByte drive C:]{[20 GigaByte drive D:]} Delete drive D: [20 GigaByte drive C:]{---------------------} Delete the Extended partition... [20 GigaByte drive C:] And make drive C: bigger... [ 37.25 GigaByte Primary C: as one partition] Hi Mac, Thanks for trhe comprehensive reply. Don't know how to make an image of the C which is what we are afraid of. Could we do it on the 40gig portable hard drive I have bought him. We are at the momentg putting anyrthing large and important on to it. Photos etc.Don't know how to make C drive larger after deleting the unwanted D. It would seem the best answer. Will the windows XP system stay ok on the C drive whilst this is going on or will i be with the image The Empty D is green surrounded. I thought it best to at least keep that free of anything and transfer anything important to the portable drive. Thanks for helping. Best wishes DaveHi Mac again, Is the last bit of your letter an alternative way of dealing with the situation. I know how to delete the D drive which is empty. How do I delete the extended partition ? How do I increase the size of the C drive to 37.? Would be an ideal way of getting what we want Best wishes DaveRight-click on the D: drive and choose 'Delete Logical drive' then right-click on the Extended partition and choose 'Delete Extended partition'. You will need a partition re-sizer such as is incorporated in BootIT NG (See links below) to increase the size of the C: drive or, if you make a drive image using Image For Windows first, you can delete the C: drive in the same way as above and make a new one using the full size of the hard-disk. But you - cannot - do that from Windows, you would have to use the XP CD to make the new partition and FULL format the drive, and when the install starts stop the install and commence restoring the drive image. Drive imaging is a whole subject on its own and you can download the manuals from the TeraByte Unlimited site, if I remember. If not then download the trial version, unzip them, and you'll find a .pdf Instruction Manual. If you make an image first with IFW or IFD so that your install is safe and then use BootIT NG's resizer you may be pleasantly surprised if it works for you. It should be alright (no guarantees) as you only have the single primary. Disconnect from the internet and uninstall the anti-virus program before re-sizing. You do NOT need to install BootIT NG so skip the install screens and go to the Partition Work button. For US$ I PAID for BootIT NG, with its Partition Resizer, Image for Windows (IFW) and Image for DOS (IFD). Very good value for money with excellent support and frequent updates. BootIT NG and IFD both run from a bootdisk. Note the time limitation for use of the trial version. |
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