Expand c drive?

delw

Hi folks,
Was asked to look at laptop running XP,was running slow so done a disk clean up but didn't gain much but noticed c&d drives are half&half & c is nearly full.
Can i just go into disk management & expand c/shrink d to gain more space on the c drive?
Cheers

GreenWolfe

Before you go repartitioning, are the user's My Documents stored on C:? If there is enough space, maybe you could change the My Documents location to and move user data over there instead.

uch

Download WinDirStat, that'll tell you where the offending files are, then just clean up, also download Spybot searh and destroy or malwarebytes do an update and scan, you'd be surprised the difference this can make.

fionny

Prefer Spacemonger to Windirstat but ya they are a great way of seeing used space and large files...

biko

Is there a pagefile used?
On C:\ ?

If so you can stop using it or move it to \

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=move+pagefile

delw

hi folks,thanks for reply's,have't actually got laptop with me,it's in work & im out of work sick since Monday night,will check your suggestions & let you's know as soon as i get laptop,cheers

delw

hi folks looking at this laptop
it's a sony vaio k215m
hdd:40gb
ram:512mb
cdrive has 18.7gb(17.6 used)
d drive has 18.7gb(2.37 used)
have wired connection to internet but when i go to install spacemonger or windirstat it says check internet connection or proxy setting
was informed there is'nt any thing of improtance on computer but is running very slow ie:nearly 1 function at a time
cpu on way out?

Torqay

Before you tinker with resizing partitions, create a backup of all important files!

Anyway, it's a lot easier (and indeed safer) to move the "big stuff" (photos, music, videos) to a new folders on the D drive. This handy little tool will alow you to easily redirect such folders without fiddling in the registry.

Also a good clean up will help a lot. Ccleaner does a pretty good job. Deleting uninstall information of Windows Updates is also an option. If you don't use hibernation, disable it in the power settings, this will free up space equal to your system memory.

delw

Torqay wrote: »

Before you tinker with resizing partitions, create a backup of all important files!

Anyway, it's a lot easier (and indeed safer) to move the "big stuff" (photos, music, videos) to a new folders on the D drive. This handy little tool will alow you to easily redirect such folders without fiddling in the registry.

Also a good clean up will help a lot. Ccleaner does a pretty good job. Deleting uninstall information of Windows Updates is also an option. If you don't use hibernation, disable it in the power settings, this will free up space equal to your system memory.

thanks Torqay,i got windirstat to load in safemode & Windows is the biggest file,is it safe to send to d drive?Will try out that tool

Torqay

delw wrote: »

thanks Torqay,i got windirstat to load in safemode & Windows is the biggest file,is it safe to send to d drive?Will try out that tool

No, you can't move the Windows folder to the D drive. What you can do, delete the content of the TEMP folder inside the Windows folder. Ditto all uninstall information for Windows Updates. Those folder are hidden, you may have to change your file and folder view settings in order to see them. (you can safely delete any folder starting with $NtUninstall inside Windows but do not touch the folder $hf_mig$)

Torqay

You can move the entire folder My Documents to the D drive, then open the Start Menu, right click My Documents > Properties, click the button Move and navigate to , highlight My Documents and apply the new settings.