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by jhenderson

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I have 2 dynamic disk partitions on one physical disk, C and D respectively. I need to make C larger in the easiest and cheapest way possible. I know there are different approaches, such as buying partiion manager server edition and resizing. I believe I also can add another physical disk and use space from that since I am using dynamic disks. Any input and/or real world examples would be greatly appreciated.

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by mr.wiz

You would probably be better off buying another hard disk and moving the D: partition to it. Spanning across two drives not in a RAID is asking to lose everything in a hardware failure. After off-loading D: to the new drive, resize C: with a program like Partition Magic (and you shouldn't need the server edition to do it).

by ozi eagle

Hi,

There's plenty of free partition software out there. Try Googling PARTITION SOFTWARE.

by jeremyrem

I would recommend either buying a new drive or keeping it on the exsiting one.. trust me on the whole spanning the partition on 2 drives, I was super pissed when one of my drives started tapping.. so just keep in mind u will lose everything on a hd failure

by tharris1917

1. If you must have a larger C: drive use Partition Magic. I do agree with the cautions in the other replies, however.
2. It would be safer to move D:. You can also move your pagefile off the C: drive to gain some more free space on C:.

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