can i create partition on the disk of my computer & allocate space of my choice to c-drive & d-drive?

Question

I am using XP & my system takes too much of time to boot & is slow. The free space on c-drive is 12gb & on D drive is almost full ie 4.64gb & ram is 256mb

Answer 1

Usually slow booting and slow running is from a
massive registry file

you list space on C: and D: but dont say if
they are partions on the same harddrive
or if they are seperate hardrives

The system boots on the C: drive so you can top off
D: to FULL and it wont matter

12 GB free on C: is low for adding new software
but your swapfile is already allocated so its not a problem

Reinstalling Windows XP would greatly speed up
your system it would clean up the drive (format on install)
and the registry would be tiny compared to what you have now
it would also clean out any spyware

You would only need to reformat C: but applications on D:
would need to be reinstalled if not detected by windows
install

that 256 Mb of RAM is a real problem

you need 768 Mb MINIMUM to run Windows
with minimal swapfile activity

Answer 2

Try these programs.
1.Advanced Windows Care personal ( or pro trial ) from
http://www.iobit.com
Run all the programs. Select tools options too.
Keep the memory cleaner resident
2. DiskSweeperFree2 from http://www.craveworldwide.com/Disksweep.zip
Select all options ( including the three at bottom left .
This program really clears lot of junk files. I think you may get 1 GB free disk space!.
3. Wise Registry Cleaner from http://www.wisecleaner.com
Delete the green marked registry entries .
4. My computer C: Properties Tools Disk clean up and
More Options Remove all old system restore files. except the latest.
5. Defragment.
6. Start run type msconfig
uncheck unneeded programs at start up ( leave Microsoft related programs alone ).. This option available in AWC in 1 above.
7. Ccleaner from http://www.filehippo.com as suggested. use regularly. ( scan the web site for more useful utilities).
Select Issues also.

If in a single Hard disk the drives C & D are available, repartitioning is a real job. :C/ Windows folder will be about maximum 3 .5 GB with all updates and Uninstall .files. ( The latter can be transferred to a CD ) Mine is now almost 3.5 GB with approx 20,000 files ( includes .NET framework also)

Answer 3

You can not create more space than the hard drive actually has.

Also repartitioning in Windows will erase all the existing data.

If you are out of space get a second hard drive.


If you want to speed up your system then get more memory. But I suspect that with 256 MB and a full hard disk that the best thing to do is to get a new computer.

Answer 4

None of the things you ask have anything to do with your computer bootup speeds. You can do several things to improve the problem, but I'd restrict it to running a free program called CCleaner. http://www.ccleaner.com This will not only repair many problems, it will also recover much needed disk space.
Partitioning your currently partitioned drive won't make an ounce of difference.

Answer 5

You can click start-----click run-----type msconfig------click startup tabs,then you can uncheck programes that dont need to run at startup.Then click ok to exist
Using a registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.makepcfaster.info
You can download and scan your computer for free.
Good luck!

Answer 6

I would say, DONT partition your HDD... because doing that might waste more space on your Disk... your space seems very low already (for Win XP).

Answer 7

you have to use Partition magic, unless you reinstall the OS.
if you want to reinstall the OS you can use FDISK from DOS.

Answer 8

You can try this computer speedup tool:
http://boost-computer-performance.info
It works very well.

Answer 9

yes,you can.
but for that you have to format your hard-disk.