Solved Partitions?

[bubblesaint]

hi
i am running vista home premium SP2 32 bit and have noticed that when i go to computer, it says i have 3 hard disk drives!!

vista (C) is 1.87GB free of 93.8GB which is in red, Local disk (D) is 185GB free of 186GB and Data(E) is 85.9 free of 90.9GB

i think im running out of space even though it appears i have loads

should i be doing something about this?

i've not had any errors to do with space requirements yet?

many thanks

 

[richc46]

You should increase the size of C. You can move some programs, documents etc to and external hard drive or repartition
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95398-disk-management-shrink-partition.html

 

[bubblesaint]

hi richard

ive had a quick read from your link and have come to the conclusion that i have to delete partition (D) and increase (C)
is that correct?

if that is correct, it worries me that disk (D) reports as having 1GB in use, ie 185 of 186GB free

i dont want to be deleting 1GB worth of files!!!

does this sound right?

 

[townsbg]

For windows to work right your system partition must have 15% free. You can uninstall programs, run ccleaner, delete restore points, move your docs to another partition, or increase your partition size but you need to do something.

 

[bubblesaint]

ok hi

i am following the instructions on tyhis link....

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html

i have deleted partition (D) and have now right clicked (C) but the extend volume choice has been greyed out

hmmm..... now i'm stuck

 

[richc46]

This may work
How to work with partitions in Windows Vista / XP when Disk Management doesn’t work | Vista Rewired

 

[richc46]

This software is used by many, here
Best Free Partition Manager Freeware for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.

 

[bubblesaint]

do i try this one first?
How to work with partitions in Windows Vista / XP when Disk Management doesn’t work | Vista Rewired

 

[richc46]

This software is used by many, here
Best Free Partition Manager Freeware for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.

Most here use this, give it a try.
Be very careful to do it right. Dont delete too much.

 

[townsbg]

I like Partition Master. Re-partioning will work however you still need to keep your computer clean because it'll run better.

 

[bubblesaint]

This software is used by many, here
Best Free Partition Manager Freeware for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.

Most here use this, give it a try.
Be very careful to do it right. Dont delete too much.

hi

i am trying to use the minitool as recommended and am trying to "merge" the two partitions but get the error " this function is not supported by the home edition"

am i doing it correctly?

 

[whs]

When you deleted D, what exactly did you end up with??

You need unallocated space in order to extend C. Right click on the D space again (in Disk Management) and "delete Volume". Then it should work.

 

[bubblesaint]

ok
i have deleted "D" drive which has left me with the following.....

DISK 1

*:WinRE Capacity 1.46GB Used 217MB Unused 1.25GB File system NTFS Type Primary Status None

(without re-typing the headings)
C:Vista 93.88GB 92.67GB 1.21GB NTFS Primary Active&Boot&system

E:Data 90.96GB 5.04GB 85.92GB NTFS None

DISK 2

*: 186.31GB 0GB 186.31GB Unallocated Logical None

i would love to screen grab but printscreen doesnt appear to work, sorry

lol a smilee (colon D) seems to have appeared where it should actually say "data"!! At least it was a happy one!!!

 

[bubblesaint]

hi
i have just received my first warning that i didnt have enough disk space when i tried to update my iPhone with ios5
could somebody please walk me through the steps i need to take with the minitool partition wizard
thanks

 

[bubblesaint]

ok
i've managed to shrink E:Data to 48GB which has left me with 42GB of un-allocated space labeled *: on disk 1
is it possible to extend C:Vista using this unallocated space because its not obvious to me

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi,

The answer to that question is no!

The spare space needs to be on the original drive (As the C drive), not on another one.

 

[bubblesaint]

ok, whats my next move then?
if i cant expand drive C any bigger than what it was originally, can i move whole programs like iTunes and my Photos, probably the two biggest users of disk space, onto disk 2?

 

[whs]

You must have a lot of user data on C. Why don't you move that. Try this method in this Windows 7 tutorial. It should work in Vista. Unfortunately I cannot try it out - no Vista on hand.

 

[bubblesaint]

 

[Lottiemansion]

Hi,

Moving the pictures is one thing that can recover space, so go for it!