Resize Partitions in Windows Vista, Shrink or Extend a Partition

In Windows Vista it is now possible to resize partitions without any data loss in the new Disk Management console even without rebooting Windows.
Windows Disk Management console now allows users to shrink, extend, create, and format partitions. The new resizing features allow users to shrink a single partition with unused space, and then create a new partition in the resulting free space, as well as extending a current partition if there is available free space after it.

Steps:
1. Click on the vista orb(start menu)
2. Right Click Computer
3. Click Manage
4. Accept the UAC Dialog
5. Select Disk Management on the left hand side of the Computer Management Window
6. Right Click C:\ or what ever drive leter you wish to resize.
7. Select Shrink Volume or Extend Volume.

Shrink a Partition:

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:

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.

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