Hi .hope you can help
my toshi laptop hd is partitioned into 2 (vista C and Data E )

the C section is now almost full whilst the other half has loads of room.

when the C section is full will it switch over automatically to the other half for storage or do i need to do some fettling ?

many thanks in advance
Bill

when the C section is full will it switch over automatically to the other half for storage

Now I love you thinking on this 😀 , as that would be kinda logical, but no sorry to disappoint you need to do some fettling..

First do some house-keeping, lots of websites specify how to do this, so I’ll leave it to them to explain in detail. This will clear up unwanted temporary files & give you some breathing space.
Next major step is to either manually moving your documents & pictures to the E drive, or you could move your profile(s) over, again a quick search of google will find detail destructions.

EDIT: oh and re-partitioning the drive into one large partition is an option, but you’d need specialist software to do it for you (and I’d want a backup of everything, including images of the partions before I started down this road).

Echo what z1ppy says.

Easus partion manager is free to download, and easy to use.

http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm

Vista also has a serious flaw in it’s system restore policies. By default it sets no upper limit on storage size. Your partitioncould have many Gb’s of redundant restore points filling it up!

A quick search online should provide you with the neccessary registry hack to solve this problem in future!

The easiest, safest and arguably best way is not to repartition but to move your personal data onto the E:\ partition.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/vista-hands-on-7-move-user-data-to-another-drive/215

Vista’s user data folders are ‘special’, they’re tracked so it’ll remember where you move them to.

Check the sizes first though. After step five on the link above, press alt-enter to view the properties. This will count up the amount of space your personal data is taking up. It (obviously?) needs to be a smaller figure than the amount of free space on the E: volume.

You can repartition the drive, but based on your initial question I’d advise against it. It’s a risky operation and (no offence but) you’re not equipped to fix it if it goes wrong.

Oh – run TFC also. It’ll free up a good amount of space automagically for you.