Me = not teh smart

[MAME]

I thought I'd be clever and partition my hard drive so that I could reinstall windows without loosing program files and documents and such. I gave windows xp 1.5 gigs for just window files but it's reaching the point where it needs more. Can I merge 2 partitions on the same hard drive and forget about doing the windows only partition?

 

[Ryan]

Yea, you're really not smart, using the wrong forum and all.

 

[Rob9874]

Won't XP do it?

 

[Zugzwang152]

you would have to reinstall programs anyway, if they utilize the windows registry.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: MAME
I thought I'd be clever and partition my hard drive so that I could reinstall windows without loosing program files and documents and such. I gave windows xp 1.5 gigs for just window files but it's reaching the point where it needs more. Can I merge 2 partitions on the same hard drive and forget about doing the windows only partition?

1.5gigs for windows? Yep... that was dumb.

No you can't combine two partitions, though you can delete a partition and resize the system part using Partition Magic or something similar.

 

[MAME]

actually some programs won't really freak out with the registry cleaned or so I've been told. But yeah, it wasn't a good idea.
So nothing merges them then?

 

[crisp82]

Partition Magic will. Version 7 and up me thinks

 

[trek]

well you could shrink the one with your docs and programs then make your xp partition bigger

 

[0roo0roo]

i use 5-7GB for windows partition. basic office appz/windows xp sp1 turns into a 600~mb ghost image if you turn off hibernation.

1.5 is barely scraping by. it would sorta work. just install all games and extra stuff to another partition. but i guess windows will bloat a bit so its still on the edge. move your swap file to another partition. you'd have to keep your ghost image as clean windows with office only obviously.

 

[LS20]

partition magic will do the job

 

[Palek]

Me = not teh smart

*** Confirmed !!! ***
Windows XP will chew up 1.5 in no time. I suggest at least 7 GB for your OS partition. Do what he

Originally posted by: trek8900
well you could shrink the one with your docs and programs then make your xp partition bigger

and he

Originally posted by: LS20
partition magic will do the job

suggested.

 

[EyeMWing]

You need at least a 10gb allocation for WinXP. Any less is suicide.

My 80 gig boot drive is 10/20/50 OS/Apps/Data. All 3 are full.

Keep in mind that everything on your desktop and everything resident in 'My Documents' is stored on C.