Quick disk management question...

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My C: drive has 28GB's and XP on it. It's got 10GB of free space. I'd like to move that space to my E: partition where my Vista install resides.

WTF!? When I try to "Shrink" the C: drive (partition size 28GB), it will only let me do 342MB's, even though 10,000MB's (10GB) of space is unused. What gives here? And why 342MB?

Thanks for any replies.

[sugo]

Perhaps defragment is needed before shrinking?

[Kyocera]

what are you using to "shrink" and move the free space. I've used V.com's Partition Commander for years, (since version 8 i think) and have had great success with many different tasks.

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sugo: Really? I use Diskeeper, which is supposed to always keep everything defragged, which it usually does. Great thought, though! I'll do a manual defrag, and try again! Thanks...

Kyocera: I use the Disk Management tool in Vista. I had always used Partition Magic before I moved to Vista, and I am not sure if Symantec has bothered to make it Vista-compatible thus far.

V.com's Partition Commander? Cool. I'll check it out. I am going to assume it's Vista-compatible? Thanks for the tip!!

I am trying to basically get rid of XP, so I'll leave a barebones version on the C: partition with nothing installed, and shrink it down to as much as it will let me. What do you guys (or anyone else) think? Good idea? Better solution?

Thanks again!

[sveintore]

You can also delete XP's pagefile and hibernation file. This makes it easier to defrag too

[DAH]

I am trying to basically get rid of XP, so I'll leave a barebones version on the C: partition with nothing installed, and shrink it down to as much as it will let me. What do you guys (or anyone else) think? Good idea? Better solution?

Thanks again!

If you are trying to get rid of XP then delete the partition, and then expand the Vista partition. I believe that shrinking in Vista does not permit one to shrink to zero free space.

[Crunch]

If you are trying to get rid of XP then delete the partition, and then expand the Vista partition. I believe that shrinking in Vista does not permit one to shrink to zero free space.

I thought about that. What will happen to drive letters? XP is on my C: partition, and Vista on my E: drive, a Primary partition, and C: is the one set to active.

to sceintore: Thanks. I had already disabled the paging file, as well as hibernation. The defragging and attempting to shrink did not work, which I kind of expected.

Kyocera. Partition Commander looks awesome! I tried to "Compare" to other apps, and that area is very limited. I'd love to see a comparison to Partition Magic, which I've been using forever. Last time I checked, however, it still hadn't been Vista-compatible, which I found disappointing on the part of Symantec.

Is there a trial for this at all? I always like to try before I buy.

Thanks all!