SOLVED Can I take away 100GB from D:\ and add 100GB to C:\ ?

[vmars316]

Greets,
win7 x64 Sony Laptop:
My computer is set up with C:\ as 97GB , and D:\ as 200GB .
D:\ is so far unused.
Is there anyway I can take away 100GB from D:\ and add 100GB to C:\ ?

Thanks...Vernon

 

[clifford_cooley]

D:\ is so far unused.

If you are not planning on using D:\, you might as well delete the partition and stretch C:\ to 297GB (I assume D:\ is directly following C:\).

Disk Management in Windows 7 will allow you to stretch and shrink volumes without data loss. However its the end of the partition that is adjusted. If you need to make changes to the front end of the partition, a third party partition manager would be handy.

 

[TrainableMan]

To expand on what Clifford is saying. Basically if you shrink D: the free space will be AFTER D: and you will not be able to merge that space with C: unless you use a third-party product.

However, since you say D: is empty, what you can do is Delete Volume D:, extend volume C:'s partition, then allocate a partition with whatever space is left, format it, and assign it "D:".

 

[vmars316]

MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6

I took a chance and tried
"Free Partition Software - MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6"
Piece of cake.
I did a "resize" on D, 200gb to 100gb.
Then "extended" C from 100gb to 200gb.
The program has a great GUI.
And is quite intuitive.
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Thanks All...Vernon

 

[kamil]

Easy way from AOMEI Partition Assistant freeware, see this tutorial: http://www.extend-partition.com/extend-system-boot-partition.html about how to increase the size of C partition.