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    Re-allocating space help needed please

    Trying to help a friend. His PC was setup with 3 partitions: C-Drive (OS), D-Drive (Apps), and E-Drive (Data). Unfortunately, he loaded iTunes to his C-Drive and it has been filling up that partition very quickly and he's about to exhaust the remaining space. I ran CCleaner and TFC to buy him some time. I went into Administrative Tools \ Computer Management \ Disk Management and freed up some of the space from his D-Drive (lots of space available there). I performed a "Shrink Volume" on that partition, but it wouldn't allow me to go back to the C-Drive and extend volume. (It was greyed out and not accessible).

    Am I doing something wrong? How can I re-allocate it?

    If this doesn't work, I can try running Partition Magic to do it.

    Suggestions please.

    Thanks!
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    You would probably need to move the D: partition down so the free space on the drive is between the C; and D; partitions. You would likely need some third party partition software for this. Partition Magic is old, so something newer might be a better choice. You could also re-expand the D: drive and try moving the iTumes library to that drive.

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    I was kind of concerned that the free space may not be located correctly to extend C-Drive.
    I have old software. When I found something that worked, I didn't change it. Reliability was more important than speed.
    Can you recommend free software to re-allocate and move apps? (I was using COA (Change of Address), I know that's old too).
    I'm always afraid to use software that doesn't come personally recommended.
    WinXP/98 dualboot - P4 2.4b 533FSB
    Asus P4PE/L MoBo
    512MB Corsair DDR PC2700
    HDD1 - 160gig Seagate HDD2 - 60gig Maxtor
    Antec SOHO File Server w/400 watt PSU

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    Quote Originally Posted by MPTech
    ... Unfortunately, he loaded iTunes to his C-Drive and it has been filling up that partition very quickly and he's about to exhaust the remaining space...
    If that is the only reason that his C: partition is filling up,
    Configure his iTunes so that all of his iTunes downloads/data is automatically saved/stored to his D: partition.

    Usual partition layout would be one for operating system and software
    and
    One other partition for data.

    Popular free partitioning software EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition.
    Cheers.

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