need help in Partitioning hard drive using disk management


  1. chezhianks
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    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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    need help in Partitioning hard drive using disk management


    i bought a laptop and it had one drive C(OS) with 450 gb. i want the c - drive to be partitioned further 2 drives(D and E). will i able to do that ,if so please send me steps or screen shots...

    i followed the below steps:
    i partitoned using Shrink volume in Disk management and i aplit the drive as

    C-350 gb
    D-100 gb

    But i want to one more partition, so again i tried shrink volume in C drive but it dint allow me to shrink..

    Please suggest...
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  3. Bongo
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    Welcome to the Seven Forums
    I would recommend using Free Partition Magic alternative. Best Free Partition Manager Freeware for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 32 bit & 64 bit - EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition. it is similar to using disk management.
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  4. seavixen32
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    Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

    This tutorial shows you how to partition your hard drive during a Windows installation:

    Partition the Hard Drive in a Windows 7 Install

    This one shows you how to partition a hard drive using disk management or diskpart:

    Partition or Volume - Create New

    Partition Wizard is an excellent free alternative:

    http://www.partitionwizard.com/
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  6. bigmck
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    chezhianks said:
    But i want to one more partition, so again i tried shrink volume in C drive but it dint allow me to shrink..

    Please suggest...
    Try optimizing the C partition. If data is spread out on the partition, it will not let you shrink the volume.
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  7. gregrocker
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    The best tool for this is free Partition Wizard bootable CD which has helped us do this hundreds of tmes here.

    Use the CD and not the Windows version as like with other Partition Managers the Windows installed version can fail, while the CD is not known to fail.

    If you have any further questions, please post back a screenshot of your maximized Disk Management drive map with listings, using the Snipping Tool in Start menu.
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  8. Zomby88
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    I also recommend Partition Wizard. Works great.
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  10. chezhianks
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    Thanks so much ......
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  11. seavixen32
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    You're very welcome.

    Post back if you run into any difficulties.
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