An extra cool new feature that Windows Vista brought on board is the ability to resize your hard disk partitions on the fly. This comes handy if you are running short of disk space in one of your partitions and can’t just move files away to other partitions.
Important Note: I highly recommend that you make a FULL backup of the partition you are going to resize before implementing this tweak. You can use a portable 80 GB hard drive to backup the files.
So here’s how you do it:
- Click the Windows Start button
- Right click Computer
- Click Manage
- Expand Storage
- Click Disk Management
- In the right hand side pane, highlight the partition you would like to resize
- Select Shrink/Extend as you see fit
[tags] Windows Vista, Vista, Windows tips, Windows Tricks, Windows XP [/tags]
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Cool, any idea to do this is XP?
Glad you ask, i will include your question in the Expert corner, with a link to your blog. In short, use Partition Magic. The trial can be found at: http://www.soft32.com/download_151.html
Thanks Gili , i never knew it was there .
Nice tip Gili. Never knew that one.
Do you know how to resize your C-drive bigger? I have some free space i would like to make my C-drive bigger with, but cant find a solution
how can i resize my song i made on my 30 gb ipod with my voice recorder which is 3:25 to fit on the myspace uploads mp3. IT goes up to 94% completion and then says file size to large. Please let me know
Thanks a lot. Great tip. But wont resizing my partition put my data at risk? like can i lose my data in the process?