New to Windows 7, couple of questions...

In XP, I placed all My Documents in D drive and kept the OS and programs on C. I'd like to do the same thing with Windows 7. Any one know of the best tutorial?

Also, since the new laptop only has C, and what I assume is a Dell recovery partition, I need to repartition the HDD. Is the Windows 7 management program close enough to delete the Dell partition and shrink the C partition?

How much space do I need for the OS and programs? Right now, in XP, I about 58 gigs with 27 gigs free.

 

You can manage your partitions from the windows Disk Management option.

The partitions are shown (left to right) in the order they appear on the disk (outside to inside). If the recovery partition is to the left of C:\, then you cannot delete and just move C:\ over. There are programs that will shift partitions over, but it can be a bit iffy.

Anyway, you can still shrink your C:\ partition and create a D:\. It's best to temporarily disable your pagefile, hibernation, and system restore. Those 3 file types will prevent your C:\ from shrinking as much as you might want it too. After disabling all 3, then do a tight pack defrag (VOPT9 does a good job of this and is free for 30 days). Do what you need to your partitions, then re-enable those items you disabled.

You need as much room for your OS as you think you might need in the longrun. Mine is about about 28GB right now, that's including system restore and hibernation files. Ulitmately, I've got about 55GB available for my OS, as I'm on an 80GB SSD.

 

I would recommend using GParted Live... I have used it both with Vista and with Windows 7 and it's been great...

I have a C (OS) with ~ 70G, F (Data) with ~ 215 G and a D (recovery) ~ 10 G (the original that came with Dell, and I just left it alone)....

In the C OS I still have around 35 G free.. so, all things considered, I think ~ 50 G should be good and more than
enough for the OS.

Cheers.

 

I would recommend Partition Wizard standalone. It's free for personal use.
My OS partition is 48.8 GB, 34.4 GB are free. User data is on another partition.

 

Hi
I have a Qs too I have win 7

& when i open IE its very small so I zoom & make it to 150%
but when i open new link again its small 100%

how do i set it to open all the new tab to 150%
Please

 

First, it would have been better if you opened a separate thread for your question... Remember for next time.. no worries, though.

Second, look here

And here, for more.

Cheers.

 

Well, I used the new version of PartedMagic (awesome) which has Gparted on it and attempted to deleted the left hand partition and move my C further left (next to the tiny diagnostics partition), shrinking it and creating a large D partition. I did get warning messages that the OS may not boot. All set, Windows didn't boot. I tried a system repair to no avail.

Reinstalled Windows, drivers etc. Thankfully since it was new install it didn't tale all that long.

Using a tutorial I found on the web, I tried moving My Documents, then Pictures, Music and Videos to D drive and got totally confused as the later three got automatically renamed to My Documents. The library thing with everything in two locations baffled me.

Anyway, I must have reinstalled Windows three times along with system restores before I finally gave up and formatted the drive and repartitioned to one big C drive and a smaller D where I used Windows to back up my fresh install.

It really sucks because with nearly 200 gigs of OS, programs and 180 gigs of stuff (moved from old laptop) on the laptop it's taking hours to back up C (to an external drive), whereas if it were just OS and programs it wouldn't take all that long.

 

So, you were only able to shrink your c:\ drive by 20GB? Was that all that Disk Management would allow?

Reference my post above to see how you can shrink it more. If you want, I'm willing to type the out so you won't have any problems getting it done.

A few weeks ago, I walked a user through who was only able to shrink a 500GB HDD by 28GB. By the time he was done, he was able to create a D:\ of 352GB. I have also had the exact same experience and was successful.

Let me know and I'll give a detailed walkthrough.

 

Thankyou so much +1
& SORRY about the wrong post :"(

 

Not sure I know what you're trying to do, but I used this guide to move my user profile to a second partition.
How to Move your Windows User Profile to another Drive | Core Dump

 

have your win7 partition to 40gb.... windows update needs space
just click the properties of all your folders on the library folder and on the location tab, change the location to your preferred location.

don't cut and paste folders. just move location from properties