I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc to be
stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C drive or a
larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of deleting
and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.

Thanks,
Paula

Paula wrote:
> I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
> partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc to be
> stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C drive or a
> larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of deleting
> and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Paula

In a notebook with a C and D drive, the D drive is frequently the recovery
partition; if your D drive is the recovery part. it should not be used for
anything else (unless you have a recovery CD).
--
Cheers, Bob

I guess if D was the recovery partition,C wouldn't be smaller than it.
Paula,please check the warranty and support agreement of your lap-top to
check whether changing the hard-disk partition table will nullify any claim
for technical support/warranty.

"Bob Willard" <BobwBSGS@TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uPhEpmr1IHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Paula wrote:
> I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
> partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc to
> be
> stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C drive
> or a
> larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of
> deleting
> and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Paula

In a notebook with a C and D drive, the D drive is frequently the recovery
partition; if your D drive is the recovery part. it should not be used for
anything else (unless you have a recovery CD).
--
Cheers, Bob

Open Documents > Organise > Properties > Location > Move
This assumes D is not a recovery partition, which I suspect it is not.

"Paula" <Paula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76CBF161-F200-40BF-B2EB-66601D8C8CDD@microsoft.com...
>I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
> partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc to
> be
> stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C drive
> or a
> larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of
> deleting
> and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Paula

Thanks. I think I wasn't clear enough.

The C and D are about equal at 110 GB each. C has Vista and all data. As far
as I can see D is useless. I sued to store all docs, pictures and data on my
D rive when I had XP. Vista does not seem to allow me to put its equivalent
of "My Documents" on D. The C drive is about half full with Vista already. I
need to make it bigger or find a way to get docs and data stored and also
accessible on D.

Does what you suggest move Vista's documents, Pictures, etc, to D? Will
Vista know where to find them?

Thanks again.
Paula

"DL" wrote:

> Open Documents > Organise > Properties > Location > Move
> This assumes D is not a recovery partition, which I suspect it is not.
>
> "Paula" <Paula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76CBF161-F200-40BF-B2EB-66601D8C8CDD@microsoft.com...
> >I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
> > partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc to
> > be
> > stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C drive
> > or a
> > larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of
> > deleting
> > and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paula
>
>
>

Yes & Yes

"Paula" <Paula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9973B6C6-AF5D-4241-9676-BFF43E7074F9@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. I think I wasn't clear enough.
>
> The C and D are about equal at 110 GB each. C has Vista and all data. As
> far
> as I can see D is useless. I sued to store all docs, pictures and data on
> my
> D rive when I had XP. Vista does not seem to allow me to put its
> equivalent
> of "My Documents" on D. The C drive is about half full with Vista
> already. I
> need to make it bigger or find a way to get docs and data stored and also
> accessible on D.
>
> Does what you suggest move Vista's documents, Pictures, etc, to D? Will
> Vista know where to find them?
>
> Thanks again.
> Paula
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Open Documents > Organise > Properties > Location > Move
>> This assumes D is not a recovery partition, which I suspect it is not.
>>
>> "Paula" <Paula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:76CBF161-F200-40BF-B2EB-66601D8C8CDD@microsoft.com...
>> >I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the HD
>> > partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures etc
>> > to
>> > be
>> > stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C
>> > drive
>> > or a
>> > larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of
>> > deleting
>> > and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Paula
>>
>>
>>

Thank you,
Sorry for the typos. I tried what you suggested and must have got
confused.

What I have ended up with is at the Start window on right side my name
"Paula" as profile/account, then an icon of the D Drive that is labeled
D (Data) where the word "Documents" used to be. At one point I allowed
Vista to delete the Shortcut for "Documents" because it said it had
moved. I also at one point tried to restore to defaults. Also when I
tried to move "Pictures" to "D" it said what I thought meant I'd lose
the label/shortcut pictures as well and all the pictures and docs would
be mixed up on D.

Is there a way out of this? Can I rename the D Drive link or shortcut
onthe start menu back to Documents?

Thanks,
Paula


DL;662974 Wrote:
> Yes & Yes
>
> "Paula" Paula@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
> news:9973B6C6-AF5D-4241-9676-BFF43E7074F9@microsoft.com...-
> Thanks. I think I wasn't clear enough.
>
> The C and D are about equal at 110 GB each. C has Vista and all data.
> As
> far
> as I can see D is useless. I sued to store all docs, pictures and data
> on
> my
> D rive when I had XP. Vista does not seem to allow me to put its
> equivalent
> of "My Documents" on D. The C drive is about half full with Vista
> already. I
> need to make it bigger or find a way to get docs and data stored and
> also
> accessible on D.
>
> Does what you suggest move Vista's documents, Pictures, etc, to D?
> Will
> Vista know where to find them?
>
> Thanks again.
> Paula
>
> "DL" wrote:
> -
> Open Documents Organise Properties Location Move
> This assumes D is not a recovery partition, which I suspect it is
> not.
>
> "Paula" Paula@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
> news:76CBF161-F200-40BF-B2EB-66601D8C8CDD@microsoft.com...-
> I ahve a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed and the
> HD
> partitioned into C and D Drives. I want all my documents, Pictures
> etc
> to
> be
> stored on D drive because C is too small. I want to have one big C
> drive
> or a
> larger one. Can I do this using the Vista Disk management tools of
> deleting
> and expanding? There is no data in the D drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Paula-
>
>
> --




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