Resizing partition

[dynasty]

I have 2 partitions on my computer, C: for windows, and D: for everything else. I partitioned 3gigs for C and the rest of my 80gb hard drive for D. I thought those 3gigs would be plenty, and they have, until sp2 and all the other great windows updates came out. So now I have like 150mb left. So now I want to move some of the space from D to C, maybe a gig at the most. I have gotten partition magic 8, but was wandering if I should just use the windows version, right click my computer, manage, disk management. Which one should I use, and are there any tutuorials that you guys know of telling how to do this without screwing up your computer? Thanks

 

[Nohr]

I don't think Windows itself can change a partition without deleting all it's contents. Partition Magic will do non-destructive repartitioning however it is highly recommended to backup beforehand.

 

[doan]

An easy solution would be to move the virtual memory page file (pagefile.sys) to the D: partition.

other options:
- turn off system restore
- disable hybernation
- delete all the $NtUninstallKxxxxxxx$ files from the winnt or windows directory
- set the ammout of space available for IE's temps files to a small number like 5 mb

 

[Navid]

This is how you do it with Partition Magic.

1- Backup your data on CDs or DVDs.
2- Resize D and make it smaller by 1G or whatever size you want to transfer to C.
3- Move D up so that the unallocated space moves between C and D.
4- Resize C and make the unallocated apace between C and D to become part of C. For this one, Partition Magic will ask you to reboot to perform the change.

 

[mhillary]

What OS are you running.

 

[Brazen]

Windows disk manager does not allow resizing of partitions. I've used Partition Magic 7 and never had any problems with losing data.