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DSK
May 28th 04, 08:29 AM
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?

Richard G. Harper
May 28th 04, 12:00 PM
Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.

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"DSK" > wrote in message
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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?

Curt Christianson
May 28th 04, 12:25 PM
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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> Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.
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> "DSK" > wrote in message
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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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Ron Badour
May 28th 04, 01:21 PM
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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"DSK" > wrote in message
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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?

DSK
May 29th 04, 05:19 PM
Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know about?

>-----Original Message-----
>Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.
>
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replied to.
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>"DSK" > wrote in
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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?
>
>
>.
>

DSK
May 29th 04, 05:30 PM
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?

>Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know about?
>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know
about?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.
>>
>>--
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>replied to.
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>>
>>
>>"DSK" > wrote in
>message
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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?
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

Richard G. Harper
May 30th 04, 12:04 AM
None that I know of, it should be a straightforward process.

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"DSK" > wrote in message
...
> 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?
>
> >Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know about?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Thanks for this. Any elephant traps I should know
> about?
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Uninstall and reinstall will almost always be necessary.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
> >>* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> >>* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not
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> >>
> >>
> >>"DSK" > wrote in
> >message
> ...
> >>> 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?
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >