PC Partition "Magic."

Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 26 June 2008

I have very old and slow PC, originally running Windows '95 to give you an idea!

It is not mine but loaned to me by a friend who does not want it back, and has his legal copy of XP on it, with my legal 2000 Edition of Office.

The trouble is the miniscule Hard Drive has three partitions on it:

C -> 3.9 Gig
D -> 2,0 Gig
E -> 1.9 Gig.

The partition has only 235 Meg of free space, and there is almost nothing in "My Documents" so no possible saving of space there. The whole partition appears occupied by Microsoft operating software and operating systems! Every so often another "Upgrade" wants to automatically load itself onto the PC while it turns off, and there is nowhere left for it to go.

Is it possible to change the partition sizes - I would like almost all of "E" to be given to "C" - without having to completely reformat, which is hard as I do not have my friend's XP disc here?

What sensible and free software might be downloaded to do this? I don't want to spend a fortune on this [ie. I don't want to spend anything on it!] And the issue is simply to keep the old thing running as long as possible, because I can't really afford to replace the PC at all!

Thanks for any sensible opinions on what to do.

ATB from George
Posted on: 01 July 2008 by Jim Lawson
quote:

I download and install them for free using the Software update - they are not called service packs, but software updates.


Tiger to Leopard equals service pack in my book.
Software Update equals Windows Update.

Jim
Posted on: 02 July 2008 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Lawson:
quote:

I download and install them for free using the Software update - they are not called service packs, but software updates.


Tiger to Leopard equals service pack in my book.
Software Update equals Windows Update.

Jim


Hi Jim

Isn't Tiger to Leopard like Windows 95 to Windows 98. Either way it costs money. I've stayed with Tiger - may go to whatever comes next.

Doesn't really matter, of course.

I think most people would be better off with a Mac than a Windows PC, but it is not something I lose sleep over.

I, also, for personal reasons dislike Microsoft because of the way they treated me (worst customer service ever, but won't go in to it here), but I don't think that has influenced my choice of products.

I think running Amiga OS gives me the nicest operating environment.

ATB Rotf
Posted on: 02 July 2008 by Jim Lawson
To each their own.

Jim
Posted on: 02 July 2008 by Sloop John B
quote:
Originally posted by Whizzkid:
George,

You can build a new pc for less than 150 quid if you have a monitor and ity would be much better than an old laptop just stick Linux on it and away you go, I'll do it for you if you want. I use PCLinuxOS easy peasy to use and no worries of virus's, spyware & worms and all the associated software that goes with it.



Dean..LINUX RULES GO TUX



I'm replying to this using the "live cd" version of PCLinuxOS. I've managed (well I just clicked next, next next) to set up the internet and printer. Very impressive I must say. It might be a good idea to install a hard disk version on the children's PC and I wont be as worried about viruses etc.


I presume the system will be much quicker from a hard disk rather then off the cd?


Any hints or tips Dean?



SJB