Use of a program like Acronis Disk Director will do all of the messy stuff
for you..

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx




"dirtybirdphoenix" <dirtybirdphoenix@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>i want to partition my hard drive on my windows vista notebook but for some
> reason there are some files in the middle of my hard drive. how can i move
> all the files to the beginning of my hard drive? in doing so i will be
> able
> to partition my hard drive and keep the system files seperate from my
> personal files. i greatly appreciate any help anyone could give.