How to Use the Partition Assistant to Resize A Partition?
Partition Assistant, as a partition manager, which specializes in accomplishing all operations in disk partition management. It is easy and reliable to move/resize, create/delete/format partition and more advanced partition operations. As we know,
resize partition can not be supported by earlier built-in disk management snap-in in Windows XP, 2000, 2003. Luckily, Partition Assistant has the functions which the Windows "Disk Manager" doesn't have.
Partition Assistant allows you to resize the partition with low disk space safely. Usually, resize operation covers both extend and shrink operation. As an instance, this is my disk layout as follows.
Disk Layout
As shown above, the C: volume is 8.55GB, and the D: volume is 27.35GB. Now I want to shrink D: to 15GB, and extend C: to 21GB. How to do? The way is as follows.
Launch the Partition Assistant as administrator privilege and you will see a main board. (We suggest you close all other programs before launching the software.)
Clicking the Partition Management
In the above screen, please click "Partition Management" option to run the Partition Manager, then you will enter the following.
Menu Option - Resize Option
In the above screenshot, you need to right-click the D: drive bar, and select the "Resize" menu option to open the follows window.
Move and Resize Dialog Box
Please input 15GB to "Partition size" directly and press "Tab" key in the keyboard, this view shows you a reduced D drive and then move the mouse pointer to graphical Partition Bar. Another method: drag the slider in the right side, at the same time, read the volume showed in the "Partition size". OK, make your mouse point to the D drive and changes to square-headed arrow as follows, now click left button to move the drive D: to make space for extending the C: drive.
Move Drive D:
Please click the OK button to return the main window interface. Here you will see the following.
Pending Operation
As shown above, a pending operation has been added to Pending Operations List, and an unallocated space is added between C: and D: partition. Now click the C: graphical bar, and resize the C: drive to 21GB as follows.
Extend Drive C:
In the above screen, after drag the double-headed arrow to the end, you will see the C: drive that has been resized from 8.55GB to about 21GB as follows.
Two Pending Operations
Now, remember to click the Apply or press Ctrl + Enter, then will popup the dialog box as follows, you need to click the Proceed button to make the resize partition start working.
Preview All Operations
After clicking Proceed, your computer may be prompted requiring reboot. Otherwise, you will see the following progress bar.
Partition Resizing...
When the all operations are completed, the program will tell you a report. Hereto, resizing partition operations are completed successfully!
In fact, it's not easy for most personal users to resize operation, because improper resizing operation may cause data loss and endanger the whole operating system. Therefore, you need to choose right and professional partition software to do this for your operating system including Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and Server 2003, 2008. Partition Assistant is designed for computer green hands and completely FREE for personal users.
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