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DSK - 28 May 2004 08:29 GMT

My hard disk is partitioned. I keep on running out of
space on Drive C, but have masses of space on D. I have
all my data on Drive D, and install applications there
whenever I am offered the option to do so. Can I just
move remaining applications from C to D, or must I
uninstall and reinstall them?

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Richard G. Harper - 28 May 2004 12:00 GMT

Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.

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> My hard disk is partitioned. I keep on running out of
> space on Drive C, but have masses of space on D. I have
> all my data on Drive D, and install applications there
> whenever I am offered the option to do so. Can I just
> move remaining applications from C to D, or must I
> uninstall and reinstall them?

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Curt Christianson - 28 May 2004 12:25 GMT

Hi DSK,
As Richard is one of the resident experts in this forum, do as he advises.
The reason you can't *simply* move them from one partition to another is
because there will be way to many Registry entries referencing your C drive
from the first install that would be leftover. Major problemos.
Un-installing and re-installing should help alleviate that problem.
Curt

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DSK - 29 May 2004 17:19 GMT

Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know about?

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DSK - 29 May 2004 17:30 GMT

Sorry - I didn't finish my message, which should have been

>Thanks for this. I propose to uninstall and reinstall

Microsoft Office 97. Any elephant traps I should know
about?

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Richard G. Harper - 30 May 2004 00:04 GMT

None that I know of, it should be a straightforward process.

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Ron Badour - 28 May 2004 13:21 GMT

Another option is to get a partitioning program and move some of the free
space from D: to C: Here is what I use:

BootIt Next Generation is available from: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
and it does partitioning, makes a compressed image, does many other
partitioning chores and is a boot manager. It is not quite as easy to use
as Partition Magic but it is half the cost and has more features. Unlike
the crippled PMagic demo, BING is a *full function* demo you can try for
FREE for 30 days. The web site has a lot of support articles.

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