How do I merge 2 partitions?
Joel
on partition 1 as Drive C and the rest of drive listed as Drive D. I would
like to just keep everything together on one drive, especially because I am
running out of space on the first partition.
If it is possible to join them, how does that affect stability?
philo
to be safe...back up all important data first!
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Bert Kinney
Bootit NG can resize partitions without the loss of data.
There's a 30 free trial.
Boot Manager, Partition Manager, and Drive Image Utility - BootIt Next
Generation
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Glen
uninstall them and reinstall to drive c. There are programs which claim to
move move the file references without reinstalling the programs but they
never work.
Glen P
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Bert Kinney
the partition.
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Glen wrote:
> If you have programs installed on d drive you will probably have to
> uninstall them and reinstall to drive c. There are programs which
> claim to move move the file references without reinstalling the
> programs but they never work.
>
> Glen P
>
>
> "Joel" wrote
Michael Stevens
Bert Kinney <be...@NSmvps.org> replied with a ;-)
> That's correct, and that's why I suggested resizing rather then
> deleting the partition.
>
Actually I have had 100% success using Application Mover.
http://majorgeeks.com/download526.html
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Gerry Cornell
Another approach.
To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure that
you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View,
Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and
folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is
unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should
also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types"
is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected
and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total
Size, and Free Space.
You still will not see the System Volume Information folder.
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531
FileSize -a useful tool for use with Windows Explorer when investigating how
disk space is being used.
http://markd.mvps.org/
The download link is not obvious. Click the here in the two sentences of the
web page accessed through the link above. "I can't count the number of times
someone has asked for this. So here is a module you can install that shows a
Folder Size column in Explorer."
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the text
of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed you can
compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties, General,
Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to save Disk Space.
On the General Tab you can see the amount gained by deducting the size
on disk from the size. Folder compression is only an option on a NTFS
formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%,
Do you have files / folders that might be moved to the other partitions?
To move programmes use Add / Remove Programs in Start, Control Panel, Add /
Remove Programs to uninstall programmes. Create a Programs Directory on
your other partition and reinstall there.
Some other notes you may find useful.
Create a My Documents folder in another partition and copy ( not move ) the
contents of My Documents to your new folder. Then delete the files in your
My Documents folder ( if you encounter problems deleting use Shift + Delete
to bypass the Recycle Bin ). You will also need to change Default File
locations in the Microsoft Office programmes you use. For Word go to Tools,
Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on Modify and change
file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General and change default file
path.
For Temporary Internet Files select Start, Control Panel, Internet Options,
Temporary Internet Files. Settings, Move Folder.
To move the Outlook Express Store Folder select in Outlook Express Tools,
Options, Maintenance, Store Folder, Change.
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm
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Glen
never worked with anything other than very simple programs that had very few
dlls and other files. There is no way something complex like microsoft
office would work if you tried to remake the paths/reg links
Glen P
Stan Brown
> Is it possible to merge two partitions on the same drive?
Yes, but only using third-party software.
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Steve N.
> In news:uQb7pazE...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
> Bert Kinney <be...@NSmvps.org> replied with a ;-)
>
>>That's correct, and that's why I suggested resizing rather then
>>deleting the partition.
>>
>
>
> Actually I have had 100% success using Application Mover.
> http://majorgeeks.com/download526.html
Does this or another utility you know of allow moving applications from
one computer to another? For example, I have MGI PhotoSuite installed on
a Win2K box, I'd like to migrate it to my XP box but I have lost the
install CD. I know the chances are slim to none but I had to ask anyway.
Steve N.
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Michael Stevens wrote:
> Bert Kinney replied with a ;-)
>> That's correct, and that's why I suggested resizing rather then
>> deleting the partition.
>>
>
> Actually I have had 100% success using Application Mover.
> http://majorgeeks.com/download526.html
>
>>
Anthony
> That's good to know Michael, I have not had the opportunity to use it.
>
i beleave partition magic can do that (backup before you try any
partition changes)
Gerry Cornell
Limitations: 10 uses
$1.50 an application! Nice money for someone!
Methinks save your money and uninstall / reinstall.
Regards.
Gerry
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Michael Stevens
Steve N. <m...@here.now> replied with a ;-)
I don't think so, but I moved Photo Shop and Dreamweaver 8 to another
partition and hard drive.
Michael Stevens
Glen <ho...@hotmail.com> replied with a ;-)
> I bet they were simple programs. I tried years ago to use them and
> they never worked with anything other than very simple programs that
> had very few dlls and other files. There is no way something complex
> like microsoft office would work if you tried to remake the paths/reg
> links
> Glen P
>
Photo Shop, Dreamweaver 8, Quicken, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Nero to name a
few.
Stan at PDS
I just went through your cleanup recommendations - great information! I just
got back 4GB of my C drive! Thanks!!
Stan at PDS
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Gerry Cornell
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view options, then click the menu bar options "views" and you should see a
list and about mid way is the option "detail". click on that.
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Sheila
resize 2 of them. Is it possible?
Thanks,
Sheila
Bert Kinney
I am not sure, but the folks on the BootIt newsgroups will.
news://newdebian.homeip.net/partboot.bootitng
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Sheila
Rock
You might want to ask Terabyte unlimited's tech support?
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Sheila
meantime I've been reading everything I could find, and it doesn't look good.
My computer was set up with 4 partitions when I bought it (by the company)
and they said it would be easy to resize. However, I can't find any way to
do it.
Sheila
Ken Blake, MVP
> That's where I ended up and I did ask my question there (Terabyte).
> In the meantime I've been reading everything I could find, and it
> doesn't look good.
>
>
> My computer was set up with 4 partitions when I bought it (by the
> company) and they said it would be easy to resize. However, I can't
> find any way to do it.
The company has misled you. Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides
any way of changing the existing partition structure of the drive
nondestructively. The only way to do what you want is with third-party
software. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are
freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation.
It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to
do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've
never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by
several other MVPs here.
Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.
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