Partitioning hard drive?

derrick

I have a computer that is a few years old but is adequate for me, my problem is disc space.

It was supplied with an 80GB hard drive that was subsequently split 20/60.

I have according to properties on my Local Disc C,: -
Capacity 19.5 GB
Used space 18.7GB
Free space 832MB

My D drive has: -
Total Size 57.1GB
Free Space 51.5GB

My question is how easy is it, (for me), to increase/move some space from the D drive to the C drive as I am now getting a box appearing informing me I am running low on disc space and need to free up space, and how would I do this?

I have hardly anything on the C drive, (my computer), so I am assuming it is filling due to the OS and updates being installed automatically.



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Tiexen

I tend to use the C drive just for windows and programs, everything else would go on the D drive - photo's music docs, etc

also makes it easier to backup

TonyMMM

You need to work out what is taking up all the space - clear out any junk, delete old restore points and move music/photos/video etc to a folder on the D drive.

It is possible to use partioning software to resize, but definitely take a backup of anything important first. ...it can go wrong.

Windows7 has partitioning tools built in, but i'm not sure earlier versions of Windows do. What OS are you using ?

Toxteth_OGrady

See this a lot, particularly on laptops. Unfortunately Windows default for programs, documents, pictures, videos etc is all on the OS (C: ) partition. This quickly fills and the larger data (D: ) partition gets unused. For most average users I just merge the D into C to make a single, large partition - a lot easier to manage. Performance and disk hardware failure aren't really relevant in this scenario. Either single large C or split C and D on the same physical disk - if it fails it's all lost.

debitcardmayhem

Look at this http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ but ensure you have backed up first, I have never known it to cause problems but it is always better to be safe.

alanrowell

Even with only one disk I still partition the drive - makes it a LOT easier to reload Windows / restore to factory settings without losing data.

In OPs case what I would do first is download WinDirStat to find out what is using the storage as they may not have to repartition at all

For example My Documents, mail & temporary files don't have to be on the C drive

googler

Download WinDirStat and run it on the C drive to see what's actually there. Once you know this, and optionally what's on the D drive, you can decide ifthere's anything surplus to requirements, which can be deleted, or moved from C to D

diable

Is your hard drive losing the plot as to get it "sectioned" may get you noticed or did you mean "partition" the drive

Linbox

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Look at this http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ but ensure you have backed up first, I have never known it to cause problems but it is always better to be safe.

+1 = Easy peasy to use

derrick

Tiexen wrote: »

I tend to use the C drive just for windows and programs, everything else would go on the D drive - photo's music docs, etc

also makes it easier to backup

As said in my OP, I don't put much on C drive, but it is nearly full?

"My Documents" has only 249MB in it.

TonyMMM wrote: »

You need to work out what is taking up all the space - clear out any junk, delete old restore points and move music/photos/video etc to a folder on the D drive.

It is possible to use partioning software to resize, but definitely take a backup of anything important first. ...it can go wrong.

Windows7 has partitioning tools built in, but i'm not sure earlier versions of Windows do. What OS are you using ?

Not sure how I determine this bearing in mind the info I have given.

OS is Windows XP Home Edition.

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Figment

Do as suggested in post #4 and #5 to merge both partitions into one.