I upgraded my Win Vista to Win 7 using upgrade package home edition. by default it installed on D drive with 10 GB and my Vista is on C drive and has 455GB (400GB free). my D drive is running out of room (300MB remaining) after only 2 days of install. Other than trying the whole install again, because I don't remember being asked for location, is there a way to move the winsxs dir to C drive and changean environment pointer? What are my options, as I think the system will freeze in the next few days?ThanksMario

They recommend no less than 16 gb for windows 7.I don't think there is any way to move winsxs - it's critical. See if there is a folder on that partition labled windows.old. You can delete it and recover a good deal of disk space. You can alsoreduce your page file and save some space but this coulddecreaseperformance.

Thanks, I did have a windows.old folder, but it was only 147 bytes. I did delete it. The page file is on the drive with lots of space, so that won't help. I had no say in the size of the install drive during the upgrade from vista to "7". Vista is on the C drive that has lots of room. So I still have a problem.

Youcan open disk manager and see if you can change the size of your partitions be shrinking or increasing or try some third party software to do it. If need be you may want to do a comprehensive backup andformat partitions sothey can be modified or wipe the entire diskthen recreate your partitionsfor optimal spacesowhen it is time to reinstall you can choose which partitions your systems are installed to. Calculate the space needed for each system and your external data.I allocated 50 GB for my windows 7 partition but 30 gb is a also a good allocation and is the minimum I would specify.

Hello, Side-by-side technology is a standard for executable files in Microsoft Windows XP and later versions that attempts to reduce DLL ____. Side-by-side technology is also known as WinSxS or SxS. Executables that include an SxS manifest are designated SxS assemblies. DLL ____ designates a group of problems that arise from the use of dynamic-link libraries in Microsoft Windows. Problems include version conflicts, missing DLLs, duplicate DLLs, and incorrect or missing registration. In SxS, Windows stores multiple versions of a DLL in the WinSXS subdirectory of the Windows directory, and loads them on demand. This reduces dependency problems for applications that include an SxS manifest. For more information about this subject, please refer to the following webpage. Assembly Searching Sequence Although some websites on Internet provide methods to move the directory to another place, but it is not recommended or supported by Microsoft since it would cause the systemic breakdown. I suppose that shrinking the Vista partition is a good method currently. Windows 7 install requires at-least 20G space on one HDD partition; therefore, you'd better create a 50G partition as the system drive. Thanks for your time and understanding. How to shrink and extend NTFS partitions in Windows Vista Andy

My Win7 is on the "D" drive and 10 GB as allocated by win install. I have succesfully done a shrink volume of 60Gb of the "C" drive. It will not allow me to extend my "D" drive (not highlighted on selection). The "D" drive is a boot and primary partition for Win 7. Can I force the extend using line commands and if so what are they?ThanksMario

No promises but see what you can do with diskpart:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/300415

What are my options, as I think the system will freeze in the next few days?ThanksMario What, precisely, are you trying to achieve, Mario. You've mentioned here that you intended to 'upgrade' your Vista install, and your description informs us that you have instead performed a 'custom' install which left your Vista install untouched. The various advices given so far seem to assume that you wish to retain your Vista install, but is this what you really wish to do?If you have used a Windows 7 Upgrade pack, keeping and using your previous 'qualifying' Vista install isn't even actually something which you are allowed to do!We need further details here regarding what you have and what you are wishing to achieve, because the advice being given isn't necessarily the best advice.Which version of Vista were you using?Was that Vista install 32-bit or 64-bit?In upgrading to Windows 7 Home Premium, are you installing the 32-bit platform or the 64-bit platform?Do you wish to keep and continue using Windows Vista as well as windows 7?Appropriate advice can follow the answers to those questions!

Version of Vista used "Vista Home Premium OEM" SP2, 32 bit. Upgraded using Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade Edition) 32 bit. I have no wish to continue using Vista. I do not remember getting any choices during the upgrade process from Vista to "7". My boot menu now shows I have both Vista and "7" is the primary on selection menu. I have tried to boot Vista and it still works, but have no need for it.The Upgrade package needs an existing Windows OS "Vista or XP" I cannot answer the question of why I have both, I certainly did not want both and don't remember being asked during install.My only objective is to use Windows 7 and have enough disk space for it to run in. I would prefer not to re-install as I don't know what behavior the upgrade install will have on my current system. I agree that the "7" install should have overridden the Vista OS, but did not. Sounds like a install fault for the upgrade package?What are my options now?RegardsMario

Usually if you install this product in atypical manner by answering the setup questions - language, license agreement and finaly it will ask if you want to upgrade or custom install unless the upgrade selection is disabled there will be a screen that asks which partition you would like to install to. The only instance where you the user has no say as to where it will be installed is if first:upgrade is selected or if seconed:the install was automated with an answer file. If the upgrade choice is selected the destination will be the same as the system to be upgraded. If the install is automated depending on how the answer file is compiled it may install to the first available partition with no user input. Otherwise, if the installation has not bean automatedthe user will have a choice displayed for the installation destination partition if upgrade has not selected. If you did decide to re-install Windows 7 you would select the same partition as the system to be upgraded (in your case it is Vista on drive c:\) to avoid thesituationyou are presentlyfaced with. before installing to that partition you would decide to format it or leave it as is and let setup move the old windows system to a folder by the name of "windows.old".The only thing that would prevent the user from deciding which partition setup should install to that I can think of would beif the installation wasautomated. In the case that it is automatedthe answer file must specify for setup not to install to the first available partition.May I suggest that you re-install the Windows 7 upgrade by starting setup from Windows and whensetup asks which partition to install toselect the partition which Vista is currently operating from.

I also have the same problem and I do not remember being asked about where I wanted to install, nor was I given an option to reformat. I selected custom install because the instructions indicated that they would wipe out the current contents on the disk, which was what I wanted. No more Vista!! And if asked to reformat, I would have selected that to completely clean the system out. It never asked. I am open to the possiblity that I missed something, or misinterpreted what they said they were doing. I upgraded a second computer from XP and it went fine, with the files exactly where I expect them. I used the same options there so I am confused why this Vista to 7 install went differently. This is a true blue Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade disk, no answer files added by anyone. I know I need to reinstall, but I am perplexed how I got here. Thanks

If you want to maintain Vista, Install Windows 7 on the main disk and use Virtual PC and move your Vista into that platform. Then you can have both available, but you should be Ok using Windows 7 alone as its far better than Vista. Vote if answered or helpful, I am running for Office (joke)! IT/Developer, Windows/Linux/Mainframe Need a some parts finish the new server, see the site for remaining items needed