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Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive??

Posted: 11-04-2007, 05:48 PM
JeffVersace
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Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive?? I am aware that I
can shrink the individual volumes, but What I want to do, is increase the
size of my boot drive. I have unallocated storage available to add to it,
but I cannot figure out how to do it... Please help!! My C: Drive is almost
full...
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Re: Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive??
Posted: 11-04-2007, 08:36 PM
Hi Jeff,

Only if the space is located at the end of the drive. Otherwise, you'll need
to use a third party partitioning utility (my choice for this work is BootIT
NG) to slide the existing one(s) around so that it is. Only then will you be
able to expand it.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"JeffVersace" <JeffVersace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive?? I am aware
> that I
> can shrink the individual volumes, but What I want to do, is increase the
> size of my boot drive. I have unallocated storage available to add to it,
> but I cannot figure out how to do it... Please help!! My C: Drive is
> almost
> full...
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Rod
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Re: Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive??
Posted: 12-09-2007, 05:20 PM
Rick, i used bootit NG and moved free space to end. Then went back into
Vista but it still will not let me extend the partition to the left of it.
Help!!

"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Only if the space is located at the end of the drive. Otherwise, you'll need
> to use a third party partitioning utility (my choice for this work is BootIT
> NG) to slide the existing one(s) around so that it is. Only then will you be
> able to expand it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "JeffVersace" <JeffVersace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1A491690-134D-4E4A-98B0-170D7DDDD1DC@microsoft.com...
> > Can I INCREASE the size of a partition in my hard drive?? I am aware
> > that I
> > can shrink the individual volumes, but What I want to do, is increase the
> > size of my boot drive. I have unallocated storage available to add to it,
> > but I cannot figure out how to do it... Please help!! My C: Drive is
> > almost
> > full...
>
>
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