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Re: Partition
Posted by eliot on October 14th, 2005




"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> Move all your own files - documents, pictures, music, etc. - to D and leave
> Windows and your programs in C. You can also move your Temporary Internet
> Files and your Outlook Express address book and mailboxes to D.
>
> Otherwise, you can buy third party software to increase the size of C and
> correspondingly decrease the size of D. Partition Magic, by Symantec, will
> do this for you and it's a very reliable program. However, resizing
> partitions is not a job for novices, so unless you're really well prepared
> you shouldn't try it.
>
> Of course, you could simply reinstall all your software into D and then
> erase C, but that would not be a wise use of your time.
>
> Post back for directions if you decide to move your files.
>
> Have you run the Disk Cleanup wizard? There are other ways to free up space
> on C (empty the Recycle Bin, reduce the space allocated for the Recycle Bin,
> restore points, TIF, and many other techniques.)
> --
> Ted Zieglar
>
>
> "Kenyette" <Kenyette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E4956A75-9BC0-4953-8EC0-C698B7A0AEC6@microsoft.com...
> > I have two local disk drives c and d. The c: has low disk space and the d:

> is
> > full how can I use the D: as my main drive since it has 80 gb

>
>
> If you reinstall software to a different partition (eg D)do you have to uninstall the software from its initial partition (eg C)so that there is no registry conflict or can you have the same software running on two partitions. Presumably once installed and running properly on the new partition would you then unistall from the old partition ??

Posted by Gerry Cornell on October 15th, 2005



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"eliot" <eliot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0527E3E-A02D-448B-BAFB-0CA9A1082928@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
>> Move all your own files - documents, pictures, music, etc. - to D and
>> leave
>> Windows and your programs in C. You can also move your Temporary
>> Internet
>> Files and your Outlook Express address book and mailboxes to D.
>>
>> Otherwise, you can buy third party software to increase the size of C
>> and
>> correspondingly decrease the size of D. Partition Magic, by Symantec,
>> will
>> do this for you and it's a very reliable program. However, resizing
>> partitions is not a job for novices, so unless you're really well
>> prepared
>> you shouldn't try it.
>>
>> Of course, you could simply reinstall all your software into D and
>> then
>> erase C, but that would not be a wise use of your time.
>>
>> Post back for directions if you decide to move your files.
>>
>> Have you run the Disk Cleanup wizard? There are other ways to free up
>> space
>> on C (empty the Recycle Bin, reduce the space allocated for the
>> Recycle Bin,
>> restore points, TIF, and many other techniques.)
>> --
>> Ted Zieglar
>>
>>
>> "Kenyette" <Kenyette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E4956A75-9BC0-4953-8EC0-C698B7A0AEC6@microsoft.com...
>> > I have two local disk drives c and d. The c: has low disk space and
>> > the d:

>> is
>> > full how can I use the D: as my main drive since it has 80 gb

>>
>>
>> If you reinstall software to a different partition (eg D)do you have
>> to uninstall the software from its initial partition (eg C)so that
>> there is no registry conflict or can you have the same software
>> running on two partitions. Presumably once installed and running
>> properly on the new partition would you then unistall from the old
>> partition ??



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