With the Vista tools you can only shrink and extend partitions (cut from
the end and add to the end). Partitions cannot be moved with the Vista
tools.

You need a third party tool to do what you want. Try GParted
[url]http://gparted.sourceforge.net/[/url] which is free.


On 29/10/2009 14:54, witten1972 wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi members
>
> I have a persistant problem with resizing of my internal hdd.
> I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit on a HP Pavilion Elite with
> an Seagate hard drive of 750gb.
> Every time I want to resize my drive I get a message stating;
> "Access denied". The original size is 750gb and I have 3 partitions on
> it.
> C=245gb and I want to take 80gb to enlarge my D.
> D=420gb.
> E=Factory image=32gb.
>
> At this moment my C partition used about 43gb and when I turn on System
> restore and hibernation the partition uses approximatly 65gb.
>
> These are the things I tried:
> - run this task as an administrator.
> - disabled UAC, System restore, and antivirus product.
> - gained full access via the Property- and Security tab.
> - I've relocated the pagefile from C to D.
>
> And without any positive results....
>
> Does anyone have an adequate solution for this problem???
> Sorry I've my English isn't perfect, it's not my native language...
>
> Best regards Carlo
>
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