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Enlarge partition

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by sweetchips, Oct 14, 2004.

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  1. sweetchips Newcomer, in training

    Hi all,

    When I installed my new hard drive, I made two partitions. The first has the operating system. Is there a way to enlarge that a little? I have all of my programs over on the other one, but Windows adds little things here and there so I'd like to make it bigger if I could.

    Thanks
    sweetchips, Oct 14, 2004
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  2. Liquidlen TechSpot Paladin

    I have done this more than once with Drive Image (I am sure other similar software would also work)
    Works great if you have some medium to temporarily store the Image copy.
    Liquidlen, Oct 14, 2004
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  3. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Drive is PowerQuest's equivalent to Nortion Ghost, maybe you meant PowerQuest Partition Magic (it is not a freeware).

    Look at this thread, you can find one or more freeware partition editors.
    Didou, Oct 14, 2004
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  4. sweetchips Newcomer, in training

    Fabulous List

    Thanks for the list. I'll try using one of those. I appreciate everyone's help.

    Shari
    sweetchips, Oct 14, 2004
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  5. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Note that some utilities can't resize partitions undestructively, so you'll lose the data if you resize with them. In any case, back up important files first.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Oct 14, 2004
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  6. Broli Newcomer, in training

    I used Partition Magic 8.0 to move space from one partition to another. It worked great. Just dont use Partition magic to change drive letters lol.
    Broli, Oct 14, 2004
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  7. Liquidlen TechSpot Paladin

    I meant Drive Image .You can make an I mage of your drives>Then resize the partition and copy the image back to your drives ,All with the same software.
    It works great!
    Liquidlen, Oct 14, 2004
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  8. sweetchips Newcomer, in training

    Paragon Partition Manager

    Hi everyone,

    I downloaded the demo version of this and I was able to resize the partition. Thanks for all the advice. I really didn't want to have to reinstall. Everything is working perfectly.

    Shari
    sweetchips, Oct 15, 2004
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  9. longtail Newcomer, in training

    Enlarge system partition

    To enlarge the system partition, you need to use the special partition resizing program. In fact, Windows Vista/2008/7 Disk Management can extend a NTFS partition, but it cannot do any help to the system partition.
    In the market, there are many partition resizing product, for example, Acronis Disk Director, Paragon partition Manager, EASEUS Partition Master, GParted. But among the product, I like to use EASEUS Partition Master, which is very easy.
    longtail, Jun 2, 2009
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  10. sweetchips Newcomer, in training

    Thanks for the reply. I'll try that. I want to upgrade the drive, but that will work for now. I appreciate your time!!
    sweetchips, Jun 2, 2009
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  11. zhuq Newcomer, in training

    thank you longtail, i searched easeus in google and find the information partition-tool.com/resource/resize-boot-partition.htm
    yes it is really easy to use.
    zhuq, Jul 6, 2009
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