How to Resize Partition under Windows 7

Windows 7 Introduction

Windows 7 (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna) is the next version of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, Tablet PCs, net books and media center PCs. So, you are planning to install Windows 7 now or just migrate to Windows 7 for a dual-boot system, yes? Have you prepared a partition manager in your toolkit for better Windows 7 administration? Say, create a new partition to install Windows 7, or extend the full system partition for a smooth Windows 7 running of, etc.

Disk Management Tool in Windows 7

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. People have to seek best partition manager software for Windows 7. EASEUS Partition Master, a comprehensive hard disk partition tool and system optimization software for Windows-based administration, works well with Windows 7.

What EASEUS Partition Master can do (compare with Disk Management Tool under Windows 7)?

Features	EASEUS Partition Master	Windows 7 Disk Management
copy dynamic volume
extend NTFS system partition without reboot
create
delete
format
change drive letter
set active
GPT disk
extend FAT
extend NTFS
shrink FAT
shrink NTFS
move
hide
delete all partition
partition scheme
Label partitions
Check partitions
Create Bootable Disks

So that's the main differences between EASEUS Partition Master and Disk Management Tool. You may check here to see the more detailed features of EASEUS Partition Master.

As a matter of fact, the only disadvantage of Disk Management Tool in Windows 7 or other Windows systems is that it can not resize the partition. That's the main reason why the partition software for Windows 7 exists. The following part will give you a demonstration of how to resize partition under Windows 7.

How to deal with the Windows 7 partition advanced management

Then how to deal with the Windows 7 partition advanced management? Here are two solutions for this.

Note:

1. When running our product, please close other applications including the antivirus software and the firewall. Some special software such as Norton, Kaspersky, AVG, ZoneAlarm needs to be uninstalled temporarily.

2. If there is much data on your partition, the resizing will take a long time. You need to be patient to wait. Please keep 5~10% free space as our product needs some space for data exchanging during resizing.

3. We suggest you do this step by step, such as, decrease partition D, apply it (If you don't open any file/application on D, our product won't request a reboot). Then increase partition C and apply it.

Windows 7 Partition Advanced Management Solution 1

Offering a simple and convenient way to manage your partitions, EASEUS Partition Master runs well on Windows 7. Say, it enables you to extend the system partition, Create, Delete, Resize/Move, Copy, Merge, Split or Format partition.

To resize a existing NTFS or FAT partition, please follow the operations bellow:

1. Launch EASEUS Partition Master and you will see a main board.

2. Right click the partition and select Resize/Move.

3. A popped-up dialog box indicates the current size of the selected partition. The box also depicts the used and unused space on the partition and the free space surrounding the partition (if any exists); the minimum and maximum sizes that you can resize a partition; cluster size of the partition.

4. Position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle. Drag the handle to the partition size you want when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow and click OK.

5. Click Apply.

By the way, there is a more detailed step instruction of resizing and moving partitions.

Windows 7 Partition Advanced Management Solution 2

The other safe way for managing Windows 7 Partition is to make a bootable CD of partition software. Some partition software like EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition and its higher editions can create bootable CD for users to perform advanced partition management before Windows 7 starts.

You may check the tutorial How to manage partitions before Windows 7 starts.

Notice: EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition can not create bootable CD, so you may choose higher edition.

There is a shining point of EASEUS Partition Master: Though the Professional and Server Edition are both single license, if your computer has virtual system, they can be installed in all virtual system as well. That's really cool. And the following articles with hyperlink show you how to resize partition under different Windows systems:

How to Partition Windows 7 to well Manage it?

How to resize Windows Server 2000 partitions with EASEUS Partition Master Server Edition?

How to Resize Partitions under Windows 2003 Server?

Resize Windows Server 2003 64bit partition.

Partition Manager Used in Windows Vista.

How to Resize Partition on Windows server 2008?

How to extend NTFS system partition without reboot?

How to copy dynamic volume to basic disk and resize the basic disk?

How to convert dynamic disk back to basic disk under Windows and Resize Partition?

After you checked them all, you will find that there is no great difference between resizing partition in Windows 7 and other Windows systems. And please note that EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition can only support 32 bit system, if your Windows 7 is 64 bit system, Professional, Server or Unlimited Edition is the right choice for 64 bit system.

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