so i made my os partition too small.

[herm0016]

i made my partition on my harddrive too small and now i cant install anymore programs. how do i make the partition bigger without formating the whole thing?

 

[jasonlclei]

Well, you don't necessarily have to reformat the whole hdd. But you do have to combine at least 2 partitions together into a bigger sector (at least so i think). You can easily do that using the windows xp cd.

 

[bluestrobe]

Many partition utilities can resize partitions if the secondary partition has a lot of free space on it. Formatting should be a last option since the whole HD will be wiped.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: jasonlclei
Well, you don't necessarily have to reformat the whole hdd. But you do have to combine at least 2 partitions together into a bigger sector (at least so i think). You can easily do that using the windows xp cd.

Hmmmm....I don't think that the XP Cd is capable of resizing or combining volumes on Basic disks. Sure, if you are willing to do a (one-way) conversion to a Dynamic disk...... But, otherwise, I think we're talking a 3rd-party partition manager program here.

 

[deathwalker]

Time out...Windows will not allow you to resize your Primary OS partiion. You will need to use a after market tool such as Partiion Magic.

 

[concreteDonkey]

Originally posted by: deathwalker
You will need to use a ... tool such as Partiion Magic.

There's yer answer.

 

[Pirotech]

You need any disk partition software like Partition Magic or Disk Director. I prefer the second one because of its simplicity although both of them are quite good.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: deathwalker
Time out...Windows will not allow you to resize your Primary OS partiion. You will need to use a after market tool such as Partiion Magic.

Right on.

 

[Slikkster]

Well, you may have to use a 3rd party tool, but it doesn't have to be one you pay for.

Read here:

http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html#example