Calling all geeks, HELP!

[fpb]

The hard drive on my current computer is artificially divided in two virtual disks, "C:" and "E:". Is it possible to move or change the partition so that C: gains a couple of Gigabytes and E: loses them?

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I can do that - I have a couple of external drives. How would I go about reformatting the disk exactly?

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Well, first of all, make sure you have all your operating system disks and cd codes, so you can reinstall everything you want. If you have Windows XP, it should come with a CD you can boot to that will allow you to reformat the hard drive and choose your partition size when you do a fresh install of Windows.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh.
I bought this machine second hand and I do not have the CD.
Any other ideas?
(Thanks anyway. I should also tell you that I followed the suggestions in your profile page about free anti-virus and spyware protection, and I cleared this machine of something like 400 pieces of shit all told. So thanks for that as well.)

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Well, to tell the truth, I'm not sure. I've never done a repartitioning myself.
There is a program called Partition Magic, but I don't know if that's what you're looking for.

If you want to make more space for SP2 (as you said in other comments), you can try freeing up space by deleting all the temp files you can find, uninstalling any program that you don't use, and transferring personal files to discs or an external harddrive. Word files don't take up that much space, but pictures, music, and especially video does.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Oh, and here's (http://www.ezpcfix.net/html/introduction.htm) a tool that makes it easier to delete temp files.