Increasing c drive size without formating

[Parminder001]

Hey can any 1 help me in incresing my c drive without needing to reformat it or loosing data on it.

 

[debsuvra]

If u use windows xp and it is installed in the C: drive then resizing the drive would kill ur installation as XP will not recognize the drive after resizing. Though u can skip that using some registry hacks.

But if u r not using XP or XP is not on C: drive then u can easily change the drive's space in disk management console. To open it simply go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management and then go to the Disk Management under the storage tab.

 

[Batistabomb]

Turn-off System Restore on all drives this will gains you app. 2GB of space

 

[prasad_den]

Though u can skip that using some registry hacks.

Can you explain..??

 

[Batistabomb]

i also wants the same

 

[NucleusKore]

If u use windows xp and it is installed in the C: drive then resizing the drive would kill ur installation as XP will not recognize the drive after resizing.

I have done it using GParted. A student of mine had a laptop with a single partition (like all these crazy manufacturers supply). I resized 80 GB to 20 GB. When I rebooted it said new hard disk found.......blah blah, your device is installed and ready to use. I rebooted again for safety...you know windows
No problems after that.

 

[paid]

Best Solution go for Partition Magic 8.0 as you got Windows XP *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif in your assembled PC

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I want to do it via my ubuntu. how can I? i need to merge C and D drive then convert them to ntfs. D is empty.

 

[tweety_bird_bunny]

ya, go with partition magic

 

[naveen_reloaded]

i think there are variuos softwares to do this ...
is there a way ... to dod it in vista... want to know .. but since i was using xp long back... i did it with partion magic or manager .. iforgot the name..

 

[Mahesh Kurade]

Use the Partition Magic which will gives us more disk functionality like creating, formating, merging, resizing

 

[NucleusKore]

But back up your data first, else it may look like Partition Tragic