Gsi_Ire
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Republic of Ireland
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Well folks,
My C: is 50GB and my other partition is 100GB.
I have around 35GB free on C: and want to move about 25GB to my other partition.
Using the "correct" proceedure of shrinking will only find me less than 1GB of the available 35!
Partition Magic 8 warns me of known issues and I want to find out if its safe to use?
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Get a bigger drive. Leaving 10gb on C drive is not good idea running windows 7!
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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Its to do with windows virtual memory, a file called pagefile.sys its a bloody pain in the arse but you can get round it.
I repartitioned my HD on Wed, and after experiencing the same problem as you, I used this guide and I could then partition as much free space as I wanted.
http://mintywhite.com/vista/vmaintenance/performance-boost-move-page-file-to-another-physical-drive/
To delete the pagefile.sys after you have followed that guide, open up the folder options, then uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files" option. Then navigate to the C: and delete the pagefile.sys. After that you can successfully repartition 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Why bother with partitions?
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Why bother with partitions?
Data needs to be stored on a partition... 
[/gets coat]
[/geek]
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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I bothered so I could run windows XP and 7. A CAD package wouldnt work on windows 7 but works on xp :S
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