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Running out of space ?

EARLR
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Posted August 19, 2011 at 6:56PM

My C Drive is running out of space. If I Shrink the D drive will that make the C drive larger automatically ? Win7 Home Premium Thanks

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mgmcc

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Posted August 19, 2011 at 7:12PM

If you Shrink D drive and that creates "Unallocated Space" adjacent to C drive, you can then Extend C drive to take in the "Unallocated Space".

I suspect that if you have C drive, followed by D drive and then the Unallocated Space, C drive won't be able to take in the additional space. You might need third-party partitioning software, such as the free Easeus Partition Master.

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canarieslover

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Posted August 19, 2011 at 7:32PM

You will find that mgmcc is correct about the free space from shrinking D: not being next to the C: drive. You will definitely need a partition tool to be able to shrink D: from the front end so that you can then extend C:. Easeus is one I have used in the past with excellent results, but just remember that you really should back-up anything on D: that you value as there is a danger that it could be corrupted. This applies to any partitioning software, not just Easeus.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted August 19, 2011 at 7:45PM

Why not just move stuff from C: to D:?

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Posted August 21, 2011 at 1:19PM

Thank's FB that worked a treat.

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