How do i increase the size of mý local drive d?

Dave D_63

November 11, 2012 1:24:40 PM

My laptop has a local C drive with a capacity of 160Gb. It has a free space of 149Gb and is partitioned at 37.5Gb for Drive D. The Drive D (used for Backup) is full and I need to increase it's size. The operating system is Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 bit. Is this possible - If so How do I do it? Thanks - Dave D

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Emerald

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November 11, 2012 4:48:24 PM

use a partitioning tool like Partition Magic to resize to partitions

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danny2000

November 11, 2012 5:04:00 PM

Dave D_63 said:

My laptop has a local C drive with a capacity of 160Gb. It has a free space of 149Gb and is partitioned at 37.5Gb for Drive D. The Drive D (used for Backup) is full and I need to increase it's size. The operating system is Windows 7 Ultimate - 32 bit. Is this possible - If so How do I do it? Thanks - Dave D

The same hard drive should NOT be used as a back-up.

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13thmonkey

November 11, 2012 5:14:28 PM

hang on 160GB will equal 149 in real GB's your D: is 37GB, whats your C:? go to start menu type disk man, and pick create format etc. you'll be able to see here what is actually free.

come back to us with this.

Danny is right backing up to the same disk is only a little better than nothing.

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Hidream

November 13, 2012 6:40:57 AM

you could not extend the partition unless you use 3rd party tool, I suggest you could use a freeware Partition Assistant. You can download from here http://www.askvg.com/AOMEI-partition-assistant-download...

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