Advice regarding removing a drive partition

[fduvall]

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX140, running Windows ME. The 10
GB hard drive is partitioned into C (4GB) and D (6GB). The
Program Files,Windows and Drivers files are all on the C
drive, as are the Desktop and most of my storage/archives.
As the C Driveis almost full, I am wondering if I can
remove the partition and have a single drive with almost
10 GB?
Is there any reason for me to have this partition? Will
removing it wipemy data?
I have looked in the support center, and see that their is
an F utility that I might use, but I did not really
understand the process. Can anyone give me someguidance as
to the best solution? Thanks,

F.duvall@comcast.net

 

[Bassyhead]

Try using partitioning software. In PartitionMagic, you can merge partitions. The first partition will go into the second and the second partition will be saved as a folder in the first. Haven't done it before, not sure if you can do it with partitions of different filesystems.

 

[kursplat]

In PartitionMagic, you can merge partitions.

might want to do a search of the forums for partion magic. then be ready to reinstall windows if you still go for it.
either way back up ALL the important stuff before you try. and i don't mean to the other partion.
good luck

 

[Kappo]

Whether or not the partition is needed is debatable. I would say on that small of a drive, no there isnt a real reason. But the idea would be to put all of your installed programs and the OS on the C: drive and all of your data (stored files, stuff you download and want to keep, etc...) on the D: drive.

As the previous posters have stated, Partition Magic can do what you need, but make SURE you back everything up. I have been lazy and not backed up and been sorry about it later.

If you decide to go that route, then you will need to have both partitions the same file format (FAT32 or NTFS, I would guess). If your main drive is different, look for a conversion utility. As for that F utility, I couldnt find it under your support downloads for your laptop. Without seeing what it does I cant really give you an idea as to if it will destroy your data when it does its thing.

Anyhow, hope some of this helps! Good luck!

 

[Bassyhead]

Yes, I haven't mentioned this in my post, but as others said: ALWAYS back up your critical data when you're messing with partitions.