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Ok guys. i want to take some of the storage from my (C:)drive (vista partition)and add it to (D:)drive(XP) partition. (10GB ended up not being enough for me). I can get the unallocated storage from the (C:)drive but don't know how to add it to the (D:)prtition which is to the right hand side.
Disk management page
"Disk0" runs from left to right /RECOVERY(E:)is 10.00GB /Vista(C:)is 129.19GB /XP(D:)is 9.76GB
Please any help or links to walk throughs would be great.
Unfortunately, you can't extend a partition to the left of itself using the built-in tool, because the tool doesn't support moving the start of the partition.
You'll have to use either a commercial tool like [edit: don't use partitionmagic], or you can use the gparted live cd, but it might make XP have booting problems (so you'd have to run repair)
Or, of course, you could copy all the files to somewhere on your vista drive, delete the partition and make a new one, and then copy the files back. That might work without having to run repair.
Warning, DO NOT use Partition Magic on a system with Vista installed. It is not compatible and there are many reports around the net about Partition Magic messing up Vista partitions. Development has ceased and there have been no new versions since 2004:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.....e_versions
thanks both of you i did download partition magic but thankfully didn't use it yet.
i'm gonna get on with the geeks final recomendation. just a fantastic bit of logic. (i must lack this in spades not to have thought of it myself [BuZZard Brains]) thanks again i hope i dont need to post again (coz i hope i can do it)
The Geek, I am not familiar with any other commercial products. While researching for this thread, I did see that Acronis Disk Director (ADD) 10 is Vista compatible, but not the original 10.0 only a later build v10.0.2154
http://www.appreadiness.com/Li.....px?ID=5803
However, reading briefly through the reviews, they are mixed on ADD. I also see that Paragon Partition Manager is Vista compatible, but I have no idea if any of these commercial packages are any good.
One more I had forgotten about: Avanquest Partition Commander Pro which is Vista ready at version 10.1:
http://www.appreadiness.com/Li.....px?ID=7558
Again there are few reviews and those are mixed. Until I know more about these commercial partition products, I'm not about to recommend any of them.
I have found the solution, and all along it lie with the Disk Management utility in Vista. In order to Extend the main Volume of the Drive (usually the C: drive), you must first DELETE any other Volume (usually the D: drive), save the Boot Sector, and then Extend the main Volume to the Full Disk Capacity.
IF you still wanted to keep the D: drive, but with not as much space as it was using, you may now Shrink the Main Volume with whatever space you want the D: drive to use.
*bow* I will be here all week.
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