How to resize a partition in Windows 7

How to resize a partition in Windows 7

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METHOD 1

Windows 7 and Vista include a built-in functionality in Disk Management to shrink and expand partitions.

To get to this utility, open up Control Panel, and type in partition into the search box,or type partition in the search box in the start menu .

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In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select Shrink Volume from the menu:

In the Shrink dialog, you will want to enter the amount you want to shrink by, not the new size. For example, if you want to shrink your 50gb partition by roughly 10gb so that it will now be roughly 40gb, enter 10000 into the box:

Extend a Partition:
In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select “Extend Volume” from the menu.

On this screen, you can specify the amount that you want to increase the partition by. In this case, I’m going to extend it back to the roughly 50GB size that it was before.

Note that the extend partition feature only works with contiguous space.

YOU CANT RESIZE A PARTTION WHICH IS A SYSTEM DRIVE .....

For example c:/ in default....

YOU Can resize the partion of system drive at the time of set up of WINDOWS 7!!!

METHOD 2

 Diskpart Command

Another way to partition your Windows 7 is using Diskpart command, here way goes:

• 1.Open an elevated command prompt: open the Start Menu > type cmd in the Start Menu search box and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
• 2.Type diskpart in the elevated command prompt.
• 3.Type list volume in the evaluated command prompt and press Enter.
• 4.Type select volume * and press Enter.
• 5.Type shrink desired = (* MB) and press Enter.
• 6.Type exit and press Enter and close it...........

METHOD 3

TOOLS FOR PARTITIONING THE DISC

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