How to move a partition?

Advantage:

You can move a partition and spare unallocated space beside other partitions which you want to resize; also you can create new partition with the unallocated space for different usage.

To move a partition to unallocated disk space, please follow below steps:

1. Launch EASEUS Partition Master.

Main board of EASEUS Partition Master

2. Choose the partition you want to move, you can drag the partition directly to move in the disk map.

Also you can click "Partitions"> "Resize / Move" on the tool bar, or choose" Resize / Move" in "Partition Operations" or right click the mouse.

Move Partition Directly   Choose Partition to Move

3. On a disk map, current size of the partition is displayed at the top of the dialog box.

Choose Partition to Move and Resize

4. Move the mouse to the pane that symbolizes the partition you have selected, when the cursor become a cross crux, drag back and forth, the size of the unallocated space back and forth are changed synchronously.

Partition is Moving

Also, inputting the number in the two fields directly can change the position of the partition, and using the corresponding up-down button of the two can make a jiggle.

5. After click "OK", you are able to see a preview of this operation.

Partition is Moved

6. After you click "Apply", the partition will be moved successfully.

Tips:

Take special care when moving an Operating System partition and its boot code location. The OS might fail to boot. For example, Windows NT 4.0 and earlier versions limit boot code location to the first 2016MB.

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