A simple question about Resize Partition under Windows Vista. Please Help.

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i hope this is the correct side of the forum for this one. xx

What i want to do is to repartition my hard drive without reformatting it. and thank goodness i found the answer to that on this link right here ->Resize Partition under Windows Operating System

since im on windows vista, the shrinking part is not a problem, i guess.

now here's my question:
i have plenty of files on my drive D: and a very little space on my drive C, if im going to shrink D, which will then add space to drive C, will the shrinking DELETE some/all of my files located in my D? will this not harm any of my files?

anybody tried this one? please share your stuff and enlighten me. i know you guys can answer this. please. thank you.

[BadDudes]

No files should be harm .. this is because the maximum space you could expand on your driveC is equal or less than the available space on your driveD. However just a precautionary measure .. backed it up first.

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thank you for the reply sir BadDudes. i really appreciate it. but backing up the files is actually the problem. i dont have any extra storage for backing them up. cant afford to buy any extra storage device(s) yet. <please correct me if these words sounds stupid. im a total noob on this one.>

should i just take the risk and just go on with the partitioning without backing up my files? i want to be sure if its ok to do so. for any of you have tried, please advise. thank you.

[BadDudes]

not tried the partitioning software on windows ... i suggest download 3rd party software like partition magic which i myself had used and got no problem so far.. again read the manual carefully because partition resizing had a great risk of corruption especially during processing and suddenly mag brown out ...ouch!!!

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thank you sir. nice info for someone who have actually tried partition magic. using a 3rd party software was my plan a, but after learning about this resize partition software under windows, i plan to give this one a try first. im thinking maybe its safer than using the 3rd party softwares. but now, i think ima go with partition magic. i just cant afford to lose this files.

but still il be bumping this thread for those of you who have tried the software under windows.