How to Partition Windows 7 to well Manage it?

Partition Windows 7?

Does Windows 7 can be partitioned with its built-in functions like the previous Windows Operating System, such as Windows Vista? (How to resize partition in Windows Vista with its built-in disk management tool?)

Windows 7 release information

Since Windows 7 beta1 is released on January 13, most of the people have tried Windows 7 and give it a high evaluation of its compatibility and its new features like multi-touch support, redesigned Windows Shell, etc. Windows 7 was released manufacturing on July 22, 2009, less than three years after the release of Windows Vista. People suffer a lot on Windows Vista’s less compatibility and high hardware requirements before Windows 7 came out.

How to partition Windows 7?

Method 1:

Some of the features included in the predecessor are deleted in Windows 7 while some of new features are added. However, similar to Windows Vista, Windows 7 also has the option to resize partitions, this means you can shrink or extend Windows 7 partitions. The built-in Disk Management utility is able to do the job of shrinking and expanding partitions in Windows 7 without any 3rd party utilities. To manage your partitions, open Control Panel and type "partitions" or "hard disk" in the search bar on the right corner and you can see the link "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions" under administrative tools.

This will open up the disk management utility for Windows 7, please refer to the picture below:

To shrink any partition of Windows 7, right click on the volume that you want to resize and select the option "Shrink Volume".

A box will pop out and you need to specify the amount of space you want to shrink.

If you want to extend any volume in Windows 7, right click on the drive to be extended and select "Extend Volume" and then specify the amount of space by which you want to extend the volume.

Note: extend volume for any drive will work only if there is continuous free space available on your Windows 7 disk.

Method 2:

Another way is to partition your Windows 7 with Diskpart.

• 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:

Some partition software may help you ease the process, see How to Resize Partition under Windows 7?

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