Yes, I am using Vista home premium. ________________________________________ Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:12:02 -0400 From: dsw32952 <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partition Drive IIRC you are using Vista? If so, the disk management tool will resize partitions with out destroying anything. Control Panel > Administrative tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management Just be mindful that *deleting* a partition or formatting it will definitely wipe out any data. If you allocate about 40 GB per operating system and leave the balance to hold data it is doubtful that you will suffer any ill effects caused by lack of space. At least not between now and the time the Win7 Beta expires. On my HP desktop system Vista gobbles about 30GB of space but about 10GB of that is used by the pagefile and hiberfile dot sys files that you may be relocating to the data partition. About 10GB is also used on my laptop for pagefile, windows.old and other stuff that may not be present on your OS partition. Also, the partition size limitation that I suffer may not exist with your OS. Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------