Partition editing?

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:11 pm

hi all..

i have a question regarding my XP partition, and would really appreciate some help with it, as im running into Space trouble alot

i have a 15GB partition for Win XP, and it seems to be hitting the maximum quite often. Probably due to temporary video files, and scratch disk etc ( i do the odd bit of graphc work).

i was wondering if there is any way to allocate some more space to the OS disk, without have to format the disk or anything? i have a load of space on the same disk/other partition.

as i said.. any help is much appreciated
thanks

Heinz Graaf · Post by **Heinz Graaf** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:14 pm

hello. try partition magic pro. that should work. make a backup first though...

i think with knoppix, you can do it as well but ive never done it. knoppix is free of charge

barry tone · Post by **barry tone** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:17 pm

or try changing your preferences so the scratch disks use a different drive, so the C drive doesn't fill up?

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:25 pm

barry tone wrote:or try changing your preferences so the scratch disks use a different drive, so the C drive doesn't fill up?

ye ive tried that alright. but i would still like some more headroom, as loads of programs seem to use little folders ont he system drive.. its hard to keep up with them all!

thanks for the comments.. ill look into knoppix and pm pro

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:56 pm

There's a live disk of GParted as well (a small Linux distro) - that'll do partitioning. http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/

-M

bgc · Post by **bgc** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:07 pm

I would second using a live cd with GParted on it. Just be careful... :0

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:13 pm

Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:There's a live disk of GParted as well (a small Linux distro) - that'll do partitioning. http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/

-M

and this could edit an existing partition?

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:17 pm

stjohn wrote:
Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:There's a live disk of GParted as well (a small Linux distro) - that'll do partitioning. http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/

-M
and this could edit an existing partition?

Yup!

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:35 pm

if youre a little inexperienced with partitions, then

BACK EVERYTHING UP FIRST!

its not hard to end up in an unbootable situation. the Gparted live disk or the knoppix disc both work very well.

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:38 pm

cool thanks!!

looks kinda complicated form a quick glance

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:08 am

what kills me is the shared documents folder...

anyway I think I've learned my lesson on partitions at this point. they're bullshit

My first experiences with partition magic were problematic and made me very cautious

but recently I've been using it willy nilly and have had good luck (knock wood)