Hard-drive Partition Problems. PLEASE HELP!!!

pmittles · 08-25-2008, 08:26 AM

I hope really someone can help me.

Ok, I personally built my own computer. When I installed windows vista it instructed me to Partition vista to me C:\ So I allocated just enough memory for that drive to hold vista. Recently I purchased Adobe Photoshop and it says it must be installed on my C:\. So here is my question.

How can I take memory from my D:\ partition and add it to my C:\ partition Using Vista?????

PLEASE HELP!!!!

protiusmime · 08-25-2008, 11:48 PM

You may be able to shrink the size of D:/partition IF: it is formatted as a NTFS file system. If so, right click computer, click manage and then select disk management. This will bring up a screen that shows your hard drives c: d: etc. Your hard drive should show two blue bars for each partition. Right click the D:partition and select "shrink volume". This will allow you to "move" space to the continguous partition (C:). I do not know if having Windows XP on your D: partition will prevent you to do this. However, also be aware that you may lose any or all data on the D: partition. Hope this helps.

hamishgillan · 08-26-2008, 02:01 AM

I had similar problems when I recieved my new comp, I successfully resolved the issue using this downloadable software which I paid for, there is a free demo but i'ts just for show, you need to pay for the real thing, but I do recommend it.

Acronis disk director suite

http://www.acronis.com.sg/homecomput...FRF5bgodi0h3kw

08-25-2008, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
pmittles Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Hard-drive Partition Problems. PLEASE HELP!!! I hope really someone can help me. Ok, I personally built my own computer. When I installed windows vista it instructed me to Partition vista to me C:\ So I allocated just enough memory for that drive to hold vista. Recently I purchased Adobe Photoshop and it says it must be installed on my C:\. So here is my question. How can I take memory from my D:\ partition and add it to my C:\ partition Using Vista????? PLEASE HELP!!!!

08-25-2008, 11:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
protiusmime Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Vista	Re: Hard-drive Partition Problems. PLEASE HELP!!! You may be able to shrink the size of D:/partition IF: it is formatted as a NTFS file system. If so, right click computer, click manage and then select disk management. This will bring up a screen that shows your hard drives c: d: etc. Your hard drive should show two blue bars for each partition. Right click the D:partition and select "shrink volume". This will allow you to "move" space to the continguous partition (C:). I do not know if having Windows XP on your D: partition will prevent you to do this. However, also be aware that you may lose any or all data on the D: partition. Hope this helps.

08-26-2008, 02:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
hamishgillan Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: London (Bangkok) Posts: 137 OS: XP pro service pack 3, Vista Home premium	Re: Hard-drive Partition Problems. PLEASE HELP!!! I had similar problems when I recieved my new comp, I successfully resolved the issue using this downloadable software which I paid for, there is a free demo but i'ts just for show, you need to pay for the real thing, but I do recommend it. Acronis disk director suite http://www.acronis.com.sg/homecomput...FRF5bgodi0h3kw Last edited by hamishgillan; 08-26-2008 at 02:03 AM.