removing "D" partition

[patrick]

I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
having the balance. I did not know this when I started
using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
and then be able to restore when I have one drive.


HELP

patrick

[Peter A. Stavrakoglou]

"patrick" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>
>
> HELP
>
> patrick

PartitionMagic version 8 will do this for you without your having to
reformat your system. You should be able to do this without losing
any data BUT you should always backup just in case.

[Peter A. Stavrakoglou]

"patrick" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>
>
> HELP
>
> patrick

PartitionMagic version 8 will do this for you without your having to
reformat your system. You should be able to do this without losing
any data BUT you should always backup just in case.

[Joe]

In my opinion, Sony did you a great favor. If you kept your personal data on
D: (away from the operating system and applications), if your c: drive went
down (write error or system crash) you would still have your data in tact
(its the don't put all your eggs in one basket advice). You could also use
that d: drive for other things (like creating a complete drive image of C:
on D:). I think its good pratice to run a computer with numerous partitions.

"patrick" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>
>
> HELP
>
> patrick

[Joe]

In my opinion, Sony did you a great favor. If you kept your personal data on
D: (away from the operating system and applications), if your c: drive went
down (write error or system crash) you would still have your data in tact
(its the don't put all your eggs in one basket advice). You could also use
that d: drive for other things (like creating a complete drive image of C:
on D:). I think its good pratice to run a computer with numerous partitions.

"patrick" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>
>
> HELP
>
> patrick

[Rick in Toronto]

Just start installing things to D:\program files and save data and such
to D:\ in various directories.

You do not have to use C:\program files for everything.

And your idea of backing up and restoring programs will fail miserably
anyway since the odds of you getting the right files in the right folders
again including the system folders is 0%.

"patrick" > wrote in news:03ef01c304fc$3437fce0
:

> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.

[Rick in Toronto]

Just start installing things to D:\program files and save data and such
to D:\ in various directories.

You do not have to use C:\program files for everything.

And your idea of backing up and restoring programs will fail miserably
anyway since the odds of you getting the right files in the right folders
again including the system folders is 0%.

"patrick" > wrote in news:03ef01c304fc$3437fce0
:

> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.

[Gerry Cornell]

You could move your swap file to drive D.=20


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"patrick" > wrote in message =
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it=20
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"=20
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started=20
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on=20
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to=20
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work. =20
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have=20
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on=20
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>=20
>=20
> HELP
>=20
> patrick

[Gerry Cornell]

You could move your swap file to drive D.=20


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"patrick" > wrote in message =
...
> I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it=20
> came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"=20
> having the balance. I did not know this when I started=20
> using the laptop and now I am running out of room on=20
> the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to=20
> move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work. =20
> How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have=20
> drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on=20
> and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
>=20
>=20
> HELP
>=20
> patrick

[Gerry Cornell]

Partition Magic v8 will also resize the partitions without loss of =
files.

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~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" > wrote in message =
...
> "patrick" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> > came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> > having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> > using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> > the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> > move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> > How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> > drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> > and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
> >
> >
> > HELP
> >
> > patrick
>=20
> PartitionMagic version 8 will do this for you without your having to
> reformat your system. You should be able to do this without losing
> any data BUT you should always backup just in case.
>=20
>

[Gerry Cornell]

Partition Magic v8 will also resize the partitions without loss of =
files.

--=20
~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
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"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" > wrote in message =
...
> "patrick" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a Sony Viao laptop with a 10G harddrive. However it
> > came configured with dirve "C" having 3G and drive "D"
> > having the balance. I did not know this when I started
> > using the laptop and now I am running out of room on
> > the "C" drive. I have to many important program on "C" to
> > move them to "D" in the vane hope that they will work.
> > How can I reformat the hard drive so that I only have
> > drive "C"? I have access to a server to back up data on
> > and then be able to restore when I have one drive.
> >
> >
> > HELP
> >
> > patrick
>=20
> PartitionMagic version 8 will do this for you without your having to
> reformat your system. You should be able to do this without losing
> any data BUT you should always backup just in case.
>=20
>