Apr132012

How do I re-allocate hard drive space from D: to C:?

Nicole Lazos Bonomo asks:

My  C: drive is full, I have shrunk the D: drive and now have 116.94GB of un-allocated space but I am not presented with the option to extend the C: volume. C: has all my program files so dont want to reformat or I will wipe the operating system and other program files. How do I allocate the free disc space to my existing C drive?


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Carpenter__RichardCarpenter

April 14, 2012

Well, If you have XP you will have to use a program (Gparted, etc.) to charge the partion. In Win 7 it has the option in disk management.

Gparted is a LiveCD that will let you do want you want, while minimizing damage. You can get it here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php 

Also here are some screenshots:  http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.

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Alan Trinder

April 14, 2012

your c drive needs to have the free space next to it. I use a handy thing called mini tool partition wizard home edition that I downloaded.

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Susendeep Dutta

April 14, 2012

To increase the size of C: drive, EaseUS Partition Master is simple tool to do so.

EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition -

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Caution : Before performing any operations,backup your data.

How to increase free space on C drive using  EaseUS Partition Master -

http://www.tothepc.com/archives/more-c-drive-free-space-windows-7/

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Bruce Epper

April 14, 2012

Paragon Software provides several tools that can help with this process as well and I have never had an issue while using them.  They have a free partition manager available here http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/download.html.  There is a paid version for $10 that has more features and will work on multi-boot systems (the free version doesn’t).  They also have a full range of other drive management products as well if you ever have need for them.

I have no vested interest in recommending their products, just a very satisfied user.

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raja

June 10, 2012

format a disk drives other than c:.then u get an option to extend drive c:.it wil be helpful for u.

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abood

August 3, 2012

hi
my hard drive c is full no space 80GB in my hard drivr E more spase 1TB
so how i can make hard drive c Make more space (500GB)
kindly HELP (-_-)

Bruce Epper

Are drives C and E partitions on the same physical drive or are they separate drives?

August 9, 2012
susendeep dutta

If you are having all these partitions in the same HDD then you can use Easeus partition manager software to do this task (free version can do this) -

http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/extend-system-partition.htm

August 9, 2012
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FIDELIS

August 20, 2012

Hello, I would recommend using the free version of EASEUS Partition Master Home edition. It is easy to use and you can shrink, merge, create partitions, etc. Here is the link:

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

The following are the steps provided by EASEUS on how to merge partitions:

http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/merge-partition.htm

Hope it helps

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Kim Mehta

September 23, 2012

I have IBM Think-pad laptop. I have Window-7 system. The total capacity of the internal drive is 187 GB. The internal hard drive is partitioned as C drive – 48.7 GB and F drive – 137 GB. The C drive is used only to Install programs ( applications) software. All data is stored in the F drive. Also I have an external hard rive G – 298 GB.
Problem : my C drive is all most full. Only 1.88 GB free space is left on the C drive. I need more space on my “C” partition. how can I do it. I have 54 GB free space left on the “F” partition of the internal drive.

My Preference: If possible move all of my data from F partition to my external drive. Move partition of the internal drive to make F drive of only 4 GB and the C drive of (48.7 + 50 = 98.7 GB).

Need Help: I do not know how to do it successfully. Can it be done and how.

Kim