C partition is full, D is empty

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I really don't understand why the computer came with C and C partitions, but I have a ton of space on D, and the C partition is full and I dont know how to go about changing it

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Are you using Windows XP Pro or Home? I'm going to assume Home which
rules out the possibility of dynamic disks. You have two options:
1) Use a program like Partition Magic to merge the two partitions or...
2) Delete all partitions and then format them. This sounds like it is
going to be difficult for you to do. First, you would need to backup
your data, then boot off your XP CD, then use that to delete the
partitions and make one big partition and format it. Then Install
Windows from there as this process will delete all of your data (that's
why I said to backup your data at the beginning).

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Nathan McNulty


NoNoBadDog! wrote:
> Perhaps just owning a computer is too much for you. Maybe you should start
> off small...like an inexpensive calculator...
>
> If you are not a troll, and you seriously don't know that you can store and
> move files (except program files) between partitions, then you are in way
> over your head.
>
> Bobby
>
> "danjon25" <danjon25@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C137FE9D-46FE-4018-B40D-77396FA8F535@microsoft.com...
>
>>I really don't understand why the computer came with C and C partitions,
>>but I have a ton of space on D, and the C partition is full and I dont know
>>how to go about changing it
>
>
>

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This is a 1 year old sony vaio running windows xp home. I guess this may seem like a dumb question but I am fairly good with computers, I just don't understand why there is a D and a C. I know I can move files to D, thats not a big deal, but when it doesn't give me that opiton, I get a error saying tthe C drive is full. So I wondered If I could use some of that 55 gig of free space on D and add it to the full 13 gig c drive. Thank you

"danjon25" wrote:

> I really don't understand why the computer came with C and C partitions, but I have a ton of space on D, and the C partition is full and I dont know how to go about changing it

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Jed Bartlett wrote:

> "danjon25" <danjon25@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<61DE73BC-7AF4-40CE-A670-8D217BD6D368@microsoft.com>...
>
>>This is a 1 year old sony vaio running windows xp home. I guess this
>
> may seem like a dumb question but I am fairly good with computers, I
> just don't understand why there is a D and a C. I know I can move
> files to D, thats not a big deal, but when it doesn't give me that
> opiton, I get a error saying tthe C drive is full. So I wondered If
> I could use some of that 55 gig of free space on D and add it to the
> full 13 gig c drive. Thank you
>
>>"danjon25" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I really don't understand why the computer came with C and C partitions, but I have a ton of space on D, and the C partition is full and I dont know how to go about changing it
>
>
> I have the same problem. I bought a new Sony VAIO RS510 PC and the
> 120G hard drive is partitioned into two. C: is about 20G and D: is
> about 100G. I'd much rather have one big drive.
>
> I called Sony help about this and the reason is the PC is marketed to
> people who are importing digital video. When importing digital video
> it is easy to accidentally fill up all your disk space (because
> digital video is so huge); if your main Windows boot partition (C
> gets completely full (accidentally), Windows may not start.
>
> So Sony gives you the large D: drive and tells you to put your digital
> video there.
>
> I'm still trying to figure out an easy (and preferably free) way to
> merge the partitions without loss of data.
>
> Jed

If you have a backup app, backup everything, then boot from the XP CD,
re-part, re-format, and re-load XP, then restore all the files you
backed up. There; that's free.

If you don't have a backup app, then your data does not matter to you,
so boot from the XP CD and start fresh. And that's also free.
--
Cheers, Bob