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My laptop details shows that it has 3 drives nominated OS C: 2.65 GB free of 58.5 GB, DATA D: 286 GB free of 397 GB and Local Disk Q: (Access is not accessible and is denied). I’d like to considerably expand the size of the C: drive by transferring across some of that remaining within the vast D: drive, any guidance as to how I may achieve this would be greatly appreciated.

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Martina.
 
I'm sure one of the more able PC buffs will provide a fuller answer, but there are programs like Partition Magic that will do this for you without losing data that is already there.

They are however prone to, erm, screwing up and you lose everything....
 
Why do you want to expand your C:\ the only thing on there should be your OS, everything else, photos, porn etc should be on your D:\. If you loose your C:\ it should not affect your D:\.

Studley :PDT_Xtremez_42::PDT_Xtremez_42:
 
You can move and resize partitions but it's not without it's risks. You could loose everything on the partition if it don't work proper. An alternative would be to move your program files and my docs over to your D Drive... A bit of a faff to set up but no dicking with partitions and you can use all that space.
 
Off TopicOh my stars. Spolling polis here. How may times.. LOSE, not LOOSE..:PDT_Xtremez_17:
 
Having a fairly large C drive might not seem like a sensible thing to do, but all those updates MS send your way, plus drivers, programs and other random bits eventually fill up the HDD without you really noticing. I used to run a 4Gb partition for the OS, but after a couple of years it filled up and was getting critical. That was with all my games, music and pron on other HDD's.

One way for you would to just cut and paste the things you want to move, assuming that they are not programs. If they are, you'll have to backup what you want to keep, uninstall, then reinstall on the new partition.

Or, if you have the Windows disc, back up everything on the laptop you want to keep, then format the HDD, reinstall Windows, then create your own partitions.
 
but all those updates MS send your way,

I have MS updates turned off, and never had a problem with it. When it was turned on.............. no end!
 
Other things you could try to reclaim space on C is to have a look at the Swap File and maybe move it onto your larger drive?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886

Of course if it was performance you are looking for you would want to install that on a separate physical drive from your OS. Other than that Partition Magic is quite a good tool. You could look at re-installation of programs if that will not lose configuration settings (like spell check personal files) and shift them onto the larger drive.

I am shocked and appalled at the people here suggesting that the larger partition be used for pron.

Everyone knows that is what USB pendrives are for.
 
Ok a few good tips already given here moving swap drive and allocating it a set space rather than letting windows decide helps your hard drive it does not become so fragmented.

Keeping your os separate from everything else means that if a major crash happens all you need to do is reinstall the os thus keeping all your program's and files safe from the format.

I would keep the c drive the same size as it is currently and just install your progs and saves to the bigger drive. After all it is still in the same computer.
 
Few problems with hoping to recover partition stuff. My netbook failed a few months ago with everything lost after a 'delayed write fail' error. The recovery software .... well didn't. From experience, my advice would be save all the important stuff to a physically different drive, ie external HDD. And once again, do excuse my spOlling techie_tubby, the irony is lost on you. :)
 
I cannot recommend something like the devices below enough for you data storage at home, they act as a mini server, with 2 or more drives with the contents duplicated across the drives, so if one fails you stick a new drive in and it recopies across to the new drive and all your data is safe. You can acces them from any computer in the house, and I even stream to my phone/PS3 from mine and I know they work on the X360. They have I-tunes server software so can act as your I-tunes server for everydevice that uses I-tunes, and lots of other good features, up to and including accessing from anywhere in the world through VPN if you so wish. Never ever trust your important data to a single drive, and the easier and the more transparent you can make the duplication the better.http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS212j http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/storage/prosumer/default.aspx
 
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