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Aggregate More Disk Space 

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PCQ Bureau
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While working in Win XP/ 2000/2003, you may get the Insufficient disk space message, meaning your c:\ drive is almost full. So you either have to delete some files or uninstall a few programs. But what if the c:\ partition has reached its limits? There's a way out if you have free space in any other partition. Just create an empty folder there, and follow the instructions below. This empty folder will appear as a part of your c:\ partition and you can use it to install new programs or simply store your data. Let's see how. 

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Win XP/2000/2003 Users
USP: Expanding disk space by mounting empty folders
Links:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307889&sd=tech 

1. Create an empty folder in any NTFS partition that has ample space. It could be on the same drive or on a separate physical drive 

2. Run diskmgmt.msc from Start Menu. Right click on the drive you want to expand, select 'Change Drive Letter or Partition' and click on Add 

3. From the 'Add Drive Letter Path' window, select 'Mount the following empty NTFS folder' and give the path for the empty NTFS folder

4. As can be seen, the empty folder is converted into a 'drive' and becomes a copy of the drive you expanded

Sanjay Majumder

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