Resizing C drive

[kewlking1980]

Hi ,

Has any one got experience with resizing the C drive on a 64 bit OS if so what tools does one need to use to do it ?

Rgs

Kewlking

Edited September 18, 2010 by kewlking1980

[pankaj]

Hi kewlking1980.....you can use partition magic...its best to create, resize and merge partitions on your hard drive without destroying data. Partition Magic helps organize and protect your data, run multiple operating systems, convert file system types and fix partition table errors.

so i hope u'll find it good.......

[submix8c]

? GParted Live CD (works on x86 machines only). Not having an x64 PC, I might assume (perhaps incorrectly) that there may be a BIOS Mode setting that would allow it for your purpose. (GParted is free).

[jaclaz]

A word of caution.

BE VERY, VERY cautious when using "OLD STYLE" software with newish Vista or 7 natively partitioned hard disks and/or using more thanone OS on those drives...

See here:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21186

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9897&hl=

There are CONCRETE possibilities to mess things up.

There is NO difference WHATEVER if the OS is 32 bit or 64 bit, the actual OS may make a difference, besides, obviously, the MBR vs. GPT partitioning scheme.

jaclaz

[Andromeda43]

Partition Magic 8 (last version) was just fine for any OS up through Windows XP/32.

But it's getting OLD and may cause all sorts of problems with Vista or Win-7/64.

Easeus Partition Manager should be completely safe though.

http://www.partition-tool.com/

Paragon Partition Manager is another one, that I've tried with good results.

You can also just Google "Partition Manager" and get even more possibilities.

The secret to resizing C:, which many users miss, is having the un-partitioned space to expand the C: drive into, before you start trying to make C: bigger.

So if you have a second partition that you can first make smaller, then do that, before you try to make C: larger.

Good Luck,

Andromeda43 B)

Edited September 18, 2010 by Andromeda43

[Tripredacus]

I believe the best practice is always change where the end of the volume is, never where it starts. If this all sounds too scary, maybe just add another drive. if it is a notebook, look at USB storage.