Before Oct 22th, 2009, many people have got ready to migrate to Windows 7 and now more and more people use Windows 7 to replace the old operating system.
First, if you want to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista or install Windows 7 on the partition that runs Windows XP before, you are very likely to encounter the problem that the partition size is too small to install Windows 7, but you cannot delete other partitions and reset the partitions, as many files are stored on these partition. Even if you can back up the files and reset the partitions to install Windows 7, it is time-consuming. Then you may bring Windows 7 magic partition software to mind.
Second, after using Windows 7 for a period, you may also encounter the problem that the system partition space becomes lower and needs to be expanded, or you want to shrink a large partition to create more partitions. Then you'll recall some magic partition software for Windows 7.

In fact, Windows 7 Disk Management has the ability to shrink/expand system partition, but there is no obvious improvement of Disk Management tool in Windows 7. Maybe Microsoft thought it is good enough, or Microsoft is afraid of monopolization, so the Disk Management tool in Windows 7 is nearly the same with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. So some advanced partition management in Windows 7 is still unavailable, especially, it cannot move the partition, so you have to delete the partition that behind the one you want to extend.
People have to seek some partition magic Windows 7 software. EaseUS Partition Master, a comprehensive hard disk partition tool and system optimization software for Windows-based administration, works well with Windows 7. As the best partition magic Windows 7 software, EaseUS Partition Master can help you partition Windows 7 easily and safely.
Tips: It is important to backup data before resizing partition, because nothing is 100% secure.
1. Choose right edition of EaseUS Partition Master and install it. After that, launch EaseUS Partition Master.
2. Select the partition behind the system partition and click "Resize/Move partition" to resize this partition.

3. After shrinking it, let the unallocated space behind the system partition by moving partition E.

4. Then select the C: drive and extend it by dragging the partition handle.

5. Click Apply.
For more detailed information, please visit resizing and moving partitions.
| Features | EaseUS Partition Master | Windows 7 Disk Management |
| merge partitions | ![]() |
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| copy dynamic volume | ![]() |
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| extend NTFS system partition without reboot | ![]() |
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| create | ![]() |
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| delete | ![]() |
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| format | ![]() |
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| change drive letter | ![]() |
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| set active | ![]() |
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| GPT disk | ![]() |
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| extend FAT | ![]() |
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| extend NTFS | ![]() |
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| shrink FAT | ![]() |
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| shrink NTFS | ![]() |
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| move | ![]() |
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| hide | ![]() |
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| delete all partition | ![]() |
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| partition scheme | ![]() |
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| Label partitions | ![]() |
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| Check partitions | ![]() |
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| Create Bootable Disks | ![]() |
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Think about it, Windows 7 is much better than Windows Vista. A lot of people have recommended it, but it is still weak to manage or resize partitions. To better and easier manage you Windows 7 partition, you'd better use the partition magic Windows 7 software.
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