Here is one free utility. It may work well, but don't take my word for it
because I have never used it.

http://www.cutepm.com/

Ensure that ALL files important to you have been saved to CD/DVD BEFORE you
start messing with partitions.

Also, ensure that you know how to do a full system recovery in the event
that it screws up.

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




"dirtybirdphoenix" <dirtybirdphoenix@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> do you know of any programs that don't cost money? just thought i would
> check
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> message news:17AA13BC-57AA-4454-B6DA-9BD2FFDEED2A@microsoft.com...
>> >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.
>>
>>