Looking at smithsonians reply has just bought something to mind. Can you
create another partition? If so create I the same size as your D drive, copy
everything over from D: to the new partition, then delete the D:
drive/partition and try to extend again. If it extends you can then copy
back any information you need to your C: drive.

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"Sean" wrote in message
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Again - THANK YOU very much . Unfortunatley D drive is loaded with a ton
o'stuff. So I will look into one of your software ideas.

Thanks again for your time

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

Strangely disk management on Vista can be an utter pain at times;
personally
I think it has a will of its own. If partition D: (Unallocated space - in
other words empty) is butted directly up to partition C: then you have
contiguous space available for extending. If there is a partition between
C:
and D: the you don't have any free space to extend in to. You can't
extend
the partition, in the above scenario, by jumping over an already created
partition.

Because Disk Management has a will of its own, it can sometimes,
depending
upon its mood, gray out certain options. When this happens you, sadly,
cannot proceed, using disk management. Another option would be to buy a
third party partitioning application and use it to 'resize' the C:
partition
(Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite is one such application that I keep
by
my side, as is Acronis Disk Director.) There may even be a 'free'
partitioning application that will also do the job. I cannot, however,
pass
comment on any free partitioning applications not having actually used
them
myself; maybe someone else who has tried any free partitioning
applications
would care to give us the benefit of their experience?

That leaves DiskPart as smithsonian suggested. Personally using commands
from the command prompt can be a little intimidating, however, I did find
these instructions which illustrate quite well how to proceed:

http://vistarewired.com/2007/04/07/h...nt-doesnt-work.

Can I stress that you ensure you have backed up any files/folders that
are
important to you and that you are fully aware how to return your PC to
factory conditions, via the recovery disk (or partition) supplied by your
PC
manufacturer prior to attempting to extend the partition via DiskPart as
once the command is given and Vista undertakes the extension, should
anything go wrong, you may end up with an unbootable PC. If DiskPart
cannot
extend the partition, the it will say so and no alterations will be made.

I'm sorry to sound like a 'bringer of doom' but it is better you know the
risks than go blindly ahead and discover them later.


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"Sean" wrote in message
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Thank you John for getting back to me.

I was able to put the unallocated back to where I got it from, but the
"extend" option on the C drive is not an option, only on the D drive.
They
allocated 20G for the C drive but I am constantly trying to make sure
it
doesn't fill up. I was just hoping to get a bit more space into it.

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

Sean you would probably be better using the Extend option (assuming
the
free
space is right next to the C: partition) from within disk management
(control paneladministrative toolscomputer managementdisk
management)

Perhaps this link will give you a little more help:
http://www.lytebyte.com/2007/02/19/h...nd-and-shrink/

Alternatively you can extend the partition by using the Windows Vista
DVD
(boxed version - not recovery disk) by following the instructions on
my
website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/extend_..._vista_dvd.htm


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"Sean" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me how I would "transfer" disk space from my
partioned
D
drive to C drive? Just tp try, I've already "unallocated" 1G, and
now
have
no
clue what to do with it - lol (I did not request the drive be
partioned,
and
now apparently I'm stuck with it). HEEELP!!!

Yes for some unknown reason the disk manager does have some peculiarities'
Personally I prefer to use third party partitioning software.


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"Smithsonian" wrote in message
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that doesnt always work for some reason. Usually when i try to extend my
C: it disables extend option.
"John Barnett MVP" wrote in message
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Smithsonian, by the contents of Sean's post I think 'diskpart' would be
far to complex for him to safely use. Assuming the 'free space' is right
next to the C: drive he would do better using the 'extend' option from
disk management.

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"Smithsonian" wrote in message
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Win key+r
type diskpart
If you are prompted to run this program run it

To find your volume use
list volume

then when you find the one you want to add space to type:
select volume #

then type:
extend SIZE=N

Where N is is the number of MB
1024mb = 1gb (just a note)

"Sean" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me how I would "transfer" disk space from my partioned
D
drive to C drive? Just tp try, I've already "unallocated" 1G, and now
have no
clue what to do with it - lol (I did not request the drive be
partioned, and
now apparently I'm stuck with it). HEEELP!!!