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How to increse already partition space
I have a laptop with windows XP operating system.Initially i partitioned my hard disk in four equal space of 27 gb as C:,D:E:F: drive.C: drive is Primary drive.I install many software so that my c: drive is approximately full,even my other drive have enough space.can i increase c: drive space and less some space from other drive without any formatting the hard disk or any trouble.i want to shift 5 GB space to C: drive from D: drive.
is it possible?if yes please provide step wise information.
is it possible?if yes please provide step wise information.
Yes, it's possible. You can use a number of free partition resizing utilities
One such utility can be found here: http://www.ranish.com/part/
You may need to backup data on the partitions to be re-sized first
You may need to backup data on the partitions to be re-sized first
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here the attribute then : parts of the above were posted by garycase - it was reworked though.
but every resize operation will look like this...
but every resize operation will look like this...
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Nobus => I don't mind you copying the basic details ... but you should at least change the graphics to reflect the actual question (in this case there were 4 partitions -- not 2) and update any details to reflect the question (e.g. the 27GB 2nd partition vs. the 220GB partition that I referred to as "large partition" that could take "potenially hours" to slide => something that was clearly NOT the case here). You might have also changed the "... which will show your two partitions ..." to "four partitions" (since that's the case here).
... if you don't want to take the time to update the details to be specific to the question; then you should simply reference the previous postings with a link (e.g. the two links I provided above).
... if you don't want to take the time to update the details to be specific to the question; then you should simply reference the previous postings with a link (e.g. the two links I provided above).
Stick with the solution suggested by bigpadhakoo. Only this tool does allow you to take backup of your system and data before you run repartitioning. All experts will agree with me - partitioning is a potentially dangerous operation for data and valid backup is highly recommended before trying it. This refers to every partitioning tool from every vendor.
Download and install HDMSuite. Run it to take backup to external USB drive.
Then run the program - select Advanced HDM.
There right click on D: - move\resize - catch its head (left border) drag to right so taking space for C: and apply changes. Wait a bit and then right click on C: - move\resize - catch the tale of partition and drag it to right allocating space to it. Apply changes. It is done.
Download and install HDMSuite. Run it to take backup to external USB drive.
Then run the program - select Advanced HDM.
There right click on D: - move\resize - catch its head (left border) drag to right so taking space for C: and apply changes. Wait a bit and then right click on C: - move\resize - catch the tale of partition and drag it to right allocating space to it. Apply changes. It is done.
Boot-It is also an excellent image/restore utility, so it will also let you do a complete image backup before you do any restructuring. I've used virtually all of the other partitioning tools, and while many are quite good (including Paragon), none is as "rock solid" as Boot-It. As I've noted many times, it's always a good idea to have a backup before doing any in-place restructuring, but I've NEVER needed the backup in hundreds of restructuring operations with Boot-It.
Boot-It IS a bit "geeky" in its interace -- but if you simply do as detailed above it's very simple to do what you've asked here.
Boot-It IS a bit "geeky" in its interace -- but if you simply do as detailed above it's very simple to do what you've asked here.