C:\ Questions!
polycounter lvl 13
(Didn't know if this should go in tech talk or here - it IS technical, but nothing to do with the tech side of game content creation and therefore I thought it best treated as general.)
I've got one HDD partitioned in to C, D, and E.
My OS is on C and unfortunately, by the time I'd installed Windows "lets use loads of space for no reason" Vista it was too late; I'd partitioned it too small
and its something I now regret, its left me with like 1GB of space to run with on C.
I want to install a new HDD eventually to give me more space but is there any way to just increase the current C: partitions size and keep everything? The main worry is mostly regarding games; I'm not sure how often I can install/reinstall certain games (Bioshock is like, 5 times max?) and therefore I'm reluctant to go format and lose money.
And for information, my games and programs are all on D or E.
Any help would be great, though I get the feeling a full wipe is in order.
(If thats the case, the games in question are Gears of War, UT3, Assassins Creed, Bioshock and Crysis. If anyone knows any install limits on these that I may not be aware of, thats as useful, too.)
I've got one HDD partitioned in to C, D, and E.
My OS is on C and unfortunately, by the time I'd installed Windows "lets use loads of space for no reason" Vista it was too late; I'd partitioned it too small
and its something I now regret, its left me with like 1GB of space to run with on C.
I want to install a new HDD eventually to give me more space but is there any way to just increase the current C: partitions size and keep everything? The main worry is mostly regarding games; I'm not sure how often I can install/reinstall certain games (Bioshock is like, 5 times max?) and therefore I'm reluctant to go format and lose money.
And for information, my games and programs are all on D or E.
Any help would be great, though I get the feeling a full wipe is in order.
(If thats the case, the games in question are Gears of War, UT3, Assassins Creed, Bioshock and Crysis. If anyone knows any install limits on these that I may not be aware of, thats as useful, too.)
Replies
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/
good luck.
It'd seem like I've not researched at all prior, given the quick responses but I had; all the programs I've had experience with seemed to say that I couldn't resize with something active, but I probably got the wrong end of the stick.
Cheers again
(ps tried the windows vista method but it wouldnt let me extend a partition, says it had to be on contiguous space. Which apparently I'm not using.)