Note that deleting the D: drive will convert it into "unallocated space".Īnother complication is that laptops usually have a hidden partition to provide a "recovery" feature, so that you can easily restore your PC to the factory condition. If necessary, you can delete the D: drive, extend C:, then create a new D: drive. However, if you don't have much data on D: anyway, it should be reasonably easy to back it up and empty it. In other words, you can reduce the size of your D: drive, but you may not be able to extend your C: drive into the vacant space, because it's in the wrong place. However, you can only extend a partition into "contiguous space" that comes after the partition that you want to expand. The Vista4beginners website has a good guide to the process, with plenty of screen shots: How to manage your disks using only Windows Vista's Disk Management tool. The Disk Management utility provides the options Extend Volume and Shrink Volume. See Microsoft's help page: Can I repartition my hard disk?. This should bring up "Create and format hard disk partitions" under Administrative Tools.Īlternatively you can get to it via the Manage menu item by clicking Storage then Disk Management.
Vista and Windows 7 are search-driven, so go to the Start box and start typing the word partition. (This doesn't necessarily mean that it will be simple.) What is the best way to change the partition to give me more space on C?Īcer Aspire 5920 shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes partitioning software, so the answer for you and Windows 7 users should be simple. The C partition, with documents, photos, music and so on, is now almost full, whereas the D section, allocated to data, is relatively empty.
My Acer Aspire 5920 laptop, now a couple of years old, has a factory-installed partition on the 250GB hard drive of approximately 50%.
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