Partitioned Hard Drive

GrizzlyAdams_2

My hard drive is partitioned into 3:
C: and E:

My C: drive is about full. I have tried some previous suggestions from here and save all new files etc on the and E: but I would like to merge all three drives now.

How could I do this?

Stephen_Leak

Norton Partition Magic will allow you to create, resize and delete partitions to your heart's content. However, I would still advise you to keep your operating system and programs on C: and your data files on a separate partition (D: ). This means that your data will be out of harm's way (altho' an off-machine backup to DVD or CD is also a good idea) if you ever have to re-install your operating system, which re-formats the drive/partition.

albertross_2

Is this a Medion?

GrizzlyAdams_2

No it's not a medion. custom built. I assume norton partition magic isn't free.....

albertross_2

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Backup anything important, just in case.

Are they FAT 2GB partitions? (not fat32/ntfs).

GrizzlyAdams_2

albertross wrote: »

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Backup anything important, just in case.

Are they FAT 2GB partitions? (not fat32/ntfs).

Dunno. but c is about 7GB , D is 15GB and E is 15 GB.

File system: NTFS

ormus

i would keep the partitions as they are.
just move all non essential data over to d or e drive.

back up all your data before using any partition tools, sometimes they have a nasty habit of loosing some of your data.

GrizzlyAdams_2

I have tried moving data across by copying and pasting and then deleting the orgiinal on c dreive. It doesn't seem to work very well. before long, the i am told teh c drive is full again.

I haven't really got any documents saved on the computer, they are all backed up. just software and windows etc.

IvanOpinion

Given that we are only talking of a 40Gb hard disk then, assuming that the PC is reaosnably modern and running XP, I would suggest buying an external hard disk (or if you are confident to fit it a bigger internal hard disk) and using it as a data store.

I have seen too many hard disks go wrong when people play about with the partitions.

Ivan

moonrakerz

IvanOpinion wrote: »

Given that we are only talking of a 40Gb hard disk then, assuming that the PC is reaosnably modern and running XP, I would suggest buying an external hard disk (or if you are confident to fit it a bigger internal hard disk) and using it as a data store.

I have seen too many hard disks go wrong when people play about with the partitions.

Ivan

Would agree with that. Had a similar problem, got a WD external drive, copied everything onto that, THEN played around with C & D. I still back everything up onto the external drive every few days.