My Windows 7 partition is entirely too small!!!!

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  1. pinksocking
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    My Windows 7 partition is entirely too small!!!!


    I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. I formated my drive. I then made a partition (C) roughly 12GB so it would fit Win7 and I would install everything to the 300gb partition (D)...

    But i've hit a bit of a road block. There are 60MB left on the first partition... and I guess regardless when things get installed, they need to put folders into the system folders

    Like Microsoft office 2010... I'm trying to install it to my D drive but it's telling me my C drive has no room...

    What are my options? :/
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  3. ignatzatsonic
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    Enlarge the C partition. Most people use 40 or 60 minimum.
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  4. yowanvista
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    pinksocking said:
    I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. I formated my drive. I then made a partition (C) roughly 12GB so it would fit Win7 and I would install everything to the 300gb partition (D)...

    But i've hit a bit of a road block. There are 60MB left on the first partition... and I guess regardless when things get installed, they need to put folders into the system folders

    Like Microsoft office 2010... I'm trying to install it to my D drive but it's telling me my C drive has no room...

    What are my options? :/
    Give the system partition about 80GB
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  6. pinksocking
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    How do I enlarge it?
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  7. ignatzatsonic
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    Partition Wizard

    Free Download Magic Partition Manager Software - Partition Wizard Online

    Use the bootable CD.
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  8. pinksocking
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    Okay, I've downloaded it. I'm a bit confused. I have the program up and running. I don't have any unallocated space... do I need some? My D partition has 250 free GB... Can I transfer that over some how?
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  10. whs
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    If you want to enlarge C with Disk Management,

    1. Save everything from D to an external drive.
    2. Then right click on D and delete the volume to get unallocated space.
    3. Right click on C and extend it to at least 50GB
    4. Right click on the remaining unallocated space and define a new D partition
    5. Move the saved data back to D

    That is the easiest way to do it. Else you will need another program like Partition Wizard. But even then I would first backup the data on D for safety reasons.
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  11. ignatzatsonic
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    pinksocking said:
    Okay, I've downloaded it. I'm a bit confused. I have the program up and running. I don't have any unallocated space... do I need some? My D partition has 250 free GB... Can I transfer that over some how?
    Yes you need some unallocated space.

    Yes, you effectively transfer from one partition to another.

    Haven't use PW in a while. Probably you shrink D and give the new space to C. It's easy to operate.
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  12. pinksocking
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    I used PW and changed my D drive to 200GB so I now have 50 free unallocated space..

    How I merge the C drive with this unallocated space now?
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  13. whs
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    Regardless what you do, backup your data from D first. Last time I used PW, I lost 3 whole partitions - it was, of course, my fault. But it is easy to make a mistake. Fortunatey I had an image of everything.

    I still think it would be easier for you to use Disk Management as described above.
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