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by shanghai sam

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Question: I have a laptop with Windows NT Workstation. The drive has two partitions, C:\ and D:\. On the C:\ drive there is only 40MB of free space. On the D:\ drive I have about 4GB of free space.

I want to transfer the files (programs anddata) to the D:\ drive to free up space on the C:\ drive. What do I have to do to complete that task? Do I have to uninstall the programs on the C:\ drive and reinstall them onto the D:\ drive or can I just move the program files from the C:\ drive to the D:\ drive? I would imagine moving the files would require me to change the registry path for each program I move. Perhaps there is a program that will do all the work for me. Anyone know of a program that will do that (don't even say "format")?

One more thing to note; the C:\ drive is a fat32 partition and the D:\ drive is a NTFS partition. (I know what you?re thinking, and NO! I wasn't the brains behind that configuration).

Next Question; I need to defragment both drives and I'm getting ready to install Norton Utilities to perform that task. I'm going to install the program on the D:\ drive (seeing as though there is no room on C:\). Can I defragment both C and D even though they use different partition formats?Well, there it is. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

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by jayanth

1. NO, you **should not** copy/move the "Program Files" directory from C: to D: manually. It'll defenitely screw up the registry settings.

2. YES, you can use third party applications for it. If I remember correctly, Norton's Uninstall Pro or something like that from Norton's stable will help you to move the programs from C: to D:, while taking care of the registry settings et al.

3. YES, even if you install Norton Utilities on D:, you can still use it to defrag both C:, D: and ay other drives which you might have on your system.

by bohicam1

Even if you uninstall the programs from C: drive and then install them on D: drive, you will still be short on space. The reason is all the .dll's and other files still need to run on the windows system folder in order to work with windows. I have been there and done that, you will gain a few hundred megs perhaps but you will end up filling that after a while too. Is there a chance you can save your data somewhere and buy a larger drive? That will solve your problem long term.
good luck!

Mike
ps. if you install norton to the D: drive, you will definately get an error message telling you that you do not have room to run this operation as your C: drive does not have enough free space.

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