Stef wrote:
Mort wrote:

Hi,

I'm running Windows XP/SP-3, and have a storage problem on my hard
drive. Below are listed the total and remaining capacities of the two C
partitions on my hard drive:

Local Disk C total=127 GB, free=840 MB
Extended C total=21 GB, free=19.2 GB

If I merge the two C partitions into one, e.g by dragging one into the

NO! Don't do that! You'll "break' both partitions.

other, will there be any adverse effects? I am looking for a way to
increase the free space on my internal hard drive, without having to
hook up an external hard drive. I have already deleted unnecessary programs.

Thanks for any help.

I'm assuming that BOTH partitions are on the same hard drive, and not on
different drives. You never said. And that there are no other
partitions on the drive like system hidden partitions, which with
Windows there usually are. So, check before doing anything.

Hi Stef,

Yes, both partitions are on the same hard drive, and came that way from
the factory. Even though I have a full backup including registry on an
external hard drive, I would never do anything risky or unknown before
getting advice
from our newsgroup members such as you. I will certainly look into a
recent edition of Partition Magic and follow your advice.

Thanks ever so much for your very helpful insights.

Regards,

Mort
Get a partition editor like Partition Magic or similar. Copy all the
files on Extended C to another device like a thumb drive. Start the
partition editor. Delete the partition Extended C. Expand Local Disk C
to fill the empty space. Copy the files from Extended C to C. Done!

Stef