HELP: Hard Drive C size smaller than Hard Drive D

Hi guys, I am not sure why my hard drive C is smaller than hard drive D, It has been like this when I purchased this custom built PC, until right now I am having a hard time just to save space in drive C. and There is no way I can install any more program/software in drive C.
while for Drive D, I am using it to store personal file.

What I would like to do and to know is:
- Is my drive D a partition? Can I remove it? If I want remove it, will my hard drive C size become bigger?
- And how exactly I am going to remove the partition? what is the step and precaution that I have to take?

I have been looking for the solution everywhere, while there is many with similiar case. none has the exact situation like I do.
*I have attached some screenshot that might help.

Here's what I recommend:

first move the page file onto the C: drive (this might help, but it's not a proper tutorial.)

1. Shrink D: to half it's size.
2. create a new partition in the free space (call it B: )
3. copy the contents of D: to B:
4. delete partition D:
5. extend partition C: to take up the space that D: used to take.
6. Copy the content of B: to C:
7. delete partition B:
8. extend partition C: to take up the space that D: used to take.



I don't know why people insist on partitioning the main hard drive like this. And to sell it like that!


Your first image of Rapid Storage Technology does spook me a little bit. That could be a sign of a complication. However, it does not show a SSD. My best guess is the computer used to have a 40GB SSD that the system builder used for RST caching (incorrectly, if there's a 40GB partition on the HDD), which he took out before selling. In that case there shouldn't be a problem with the steps i outlined above.

I would just shrink D: with partition wizard boot cd. Then extend C: into the space you create..... I would steal 100 GB from D:

Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to manage partition directly with partition manager bootable CD.

Dam, it`s logical. Convert it to primary 1st. Using the same Boot CD. You may not have to do this ... but I would.

Consult Gregrocker, he is an expert on this stuff. But that should work for you. Backup all your data 1st.

A 40 GB Primary for the OS and a Logical 245 GB after. That only makes sense if the OS was XP.:sarc: What were they thinking.

FuturDreamz said:

Here's what I recommend:

1. Shrink D: to half it's size.
2. create a new partition in the free space (call it B: )
3. copy the contents of D: to B:
4. delete partition D:
5. extend partition C: to take up the space that D: used to take.
6. Copy the content of B: to C:
7. delete partition B:
8. extend partition C: to take up the space that D: used to take

I don't know why people insist on partitioning the main hard drive like this. And to sell it like that!

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Thank you for the suggestion, I will try it out, but before I try Step no.4, will it be allright? as I am seeing "page file, logical drive". While usually others only have "logical drive" beneath it.

Can you post a shot of disk mang after you create B: and b4 you delete D:

AddRAM said:

Can you post a shot of disk mang after you create B: and b4 you delete D:

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here you go

245 GB - 171 GB = 74 GB of Data on Drive D: 60 GBs is too small.

AddRAM said:

245 GB - 171 GB = 74 GB of Data on Drive D: 60 GBs is too small.

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no wonder, all right, I have make B: become 120GB and I am transferring the file right now from D: to B:

Double check all your data b4 you delete D

AddRAM said:

Double check all your data b4 you delete D

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So I have move from file from D: to B:
and I have deleted all the file from D:
I am trying to delete D: , but how do I do it ? "delete volume" cant be clicked

I thought you might have trouble with that because it is a logical partition in an extended partition. That`s why I gave you my suggestion, but you wanted to do it the other way.

Personally I would do it with the PW boot cd. Instant Message the other member who was helping you or try Gregrocker if he is still on.

Shrink it.

AddRAM said:

I thought you might have trouble with that because it is a logical partition in an extended partition. That`s why I gave you my suggestion, but you wanted to do it the other way.

Personally I would do it with the PW boot cd. Instant Message the other member who was helping you or try Gregrocker if he is still on.

Shrink it.

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I did like what you told me earlier.
I have installed the software too.
While the D: has empty file right now, why 19.33GB being used?
should I just ignore it? and extend the C: from D: ?

No you didn`t do it the way I SUGGESTED, you did it how the OTHER MEMBER suggested.

I told you to use the partition wizard boot cd to do it. Re-read the post.

Anyway, I just whipped one up and it would let me delete 1 of the logical drives , no problem. That`s most likely because I only had 1 primary in this example.

If PW will delete it, then delete it and extend C: to the right to take up the space. You click on C: then click resize and drag the bar all the way to the right to take up all the space.

The page file was moved to the D: partition. That is important to the OS and needs to be moved differently. I didn't really look at it too much when I made the partition changing instructions.

To move the pagefile:

1. in the start menu search, type "advanced settings"
2. click "view advanced system settings"
3. Under the "advanced" tab and in the "performance" section, click the "settings" button
4. in this new window, click the "advanced tab"
5. in the "virtual memory" section, it should say that virtal memory/page file is manually configured. click "change"
6. I believe "automatically manage yada yada" is unchecked. C should be set to none, and D: should have numbers
7. Click on D: and select "no paging file" then hit set.
8. Click on C: and select "system managed size" then hit set.
8.1. You have very little space in your C: drive. you may need to wait on re-adding the pagefile to C: until after you extend it.
9. click OK. click yes or ok to close all the windows until the restart prompt comes up. hit restart

I checked and discovered that Disk Manager won't let you resize an extended partition (I've been using GPT so I forgot about extended partitions)

you will have to follow AddRAM's steps to deal with the extended partition, sorry.
But these steps will help for the pagefile.