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date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:29:21 -0700 (PDT),
group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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Re: Can't reduce size of drive C: enough
On 23 août, 16:24, HappyAndyK
wrote:
> tony;90440 Wrote:
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> > Hi,
>
> > I have just bought a new computer with vista and a 750go hard disk. I
> > now want to reduce the c: partition to a minimum - I always do that
> > with my computers, I would like to reduce it to about 100 go and have
> > a "data" partition with the rest.
>
> > But when I try to reduce the size of c: , I can only reduce it to 350
> > go. Do you know why ? With XP I never had pbs reducing to whatever I
> > wanted.
> > Thnaks
> > Antoine
>
> These two may help you:
> 'Free Up Lost Disk Space in Windows Vista'
> (http://www.winvistaclub.com/t73.html)
> 'How To Resize, Extend, Shrink, Delete, Merge Partitions In Vista.'
> (http://www.winvistaclub.com/t11.html)
>
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> HappyAndyK
>
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Thanks, this explains how to reduce the C partition, and confirms what
I am doing is right. But it's not saying why I can't reduce to less
than 350 go...
Any idea ?
date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:09:40 -0700 (PDT)
author: tony
Re: Can't reduce size of drive C: enough
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:39:52 -0700 (PDT), tony
wrote:
>On 24 août, 07:46, Paul Montgomery
>wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:52:07 -0400, "Richard Urban"
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>> wrote:
>> >The built-in shrink utility will be able to decrease the partition size till
>> >it bumps against the first unmovable/locked system file.
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>> >If you want to decrease the partition further you will need a 3rd party Disk
>> >Management tool. I use Acronis Disk Director suite (ver 11.0 build 8027).
>> >It is 100% Vista compatible.
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>> >After installing the above program, create the emergency CD. Reboot the
>> >computer and boot up with this CD. Do your partition work from there.
>>
>> >You will not be hampered with locked files.
>>
>> No need to do it all from the CD. Make all the changes in Windows and
>> if there is a need to exit Windows to unlock/move files, ADDS will
>> reboot and then perform all the operations.
>
>Great, thank you. One last question : Will the backup / restore
>functionalities built into Vista / HP (there's a HP back up thingy
>here) still work if I do this ?
>This is important fort me of course.
>Thanks again everyone.
Yes, the Vista and HP "thingy" will continue to work.
date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:57:13 -0500
author: Paul Montgomery
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