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1126642 2010-08-11 10:11:00 Hullo everyone. My new 'puter is here, so now come the dumb questions...:(

The OS is Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. The HDD is 1 Tb.

I want to have my program files on quite a small C HDD, My Documents on another slightly larger D HDD, and then Photos on what remains.

However, I seem unable to 'shrink' my C drive to less than around half of 1 Tb. Ideally I would like that to be about 100Gb, and D drive 150Gb.

Hints? I've checked the 'Help' and don't really get the answers I need. :help:

As always, TIA.
R.M. (561)
1126643 2010-08-11 10:48:00 You can't shrink a volume beyond where some immovable files are located. Try a defrag then try to shrink again. Snorkbox (15764)
1126644 2010-08-11 11:06:00 This (windows.microsoft.com) may help.
:)
Trev (427)
1126645 2010-08-11 12:04:00 Or try a proper program ie Paragon Partition Manager. They were handing out free licences a while back I remember. Orca (3098)
1126646 2010-08-11 12:22:00 Or this one which is free for home use.

www.partition-tool.com
Snorkbox (15764)
1126647 2010-08-11 19:24:00 This (windows.microsoft.com) may help.
:)

I used that... :(
R.M. (561)
1126648 2010-08-11 19:26:00 You can't shrink a volume beyond where some immovable files are located. Try a defrag then try to shrink again.

It seemed to only want to let me to shrink to approx half the 1 Tb (only OS on HDD) - ridiculous!
R.M. (561)
1126649 2010-08-11 19:27:00 Or this one which is free for home use.

www.partition-tool.com

I'll look at this - tomorrow night at this stage - busy tonight! :)
R.M. (561)
1126650 2010-08-11 19:46:00 Have a read of this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) from post 9 onwards. It's not about partitioning but backups gary67 (56)
1126651 2010-08-11 20:34:00 Have a read of this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) from post 9 onwards. It's not about partitioning but backups

Thanks - I'll look when I've got some more time.

I see I have a 100Mb 'System reserved' HDD on the new 'puter. Not the OS - Windows files are on the next HDD (C). What do you think it is??? The System Reserved, that is...
R.M. (561)
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