partitioning windows 7 primary volume


  1. Posts : 7
    windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
       #1

    partitioning windows 7 primary volume


    my pc operating system is installed in c drive which is 25 gb in size, and d drive is 50 gb.
    is it possible to shrink 5 gb space of d drive and add it to c drive?
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  2. Posts : 644
    Windows 7 home premium x64
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    Should be. Open the virtual disk manager (right click computer icon select manage, click disk management), you'll see your drives as bars across the screen.
    Right click the bar for D: and select shrink, then enter the size you want to shrink by.
    Finally right click C: this time choose extend volume.

    Should now be done.
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  3. Posts : 7
    windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
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    cyclic said:
    Should be. Open the virtual disk manager (right click computer icon select manage, click disk management), you'll see your drives as bars across the screen.
    Right click the bar for D: and select shrink, then enter the size you want to shrink by.
    Finally right click C: this time choose extend volume.

    Should now be done.
    i shrinked d drive by 1 gb, and when i right clicked on c drive, extend volume was not enabled. so i couldn't select it. any other way. both my drives are NTFS
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  4. Posts : 983
    7 x64
       #4

    It is possible but you may not be able to do it with the Windows Disk management. You may need a 3rd party partitioning program like Acronis Disk Director or some other program like that.
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  5. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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    Hi,

    Take a look at this, it will show you how to do that:

    Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD

    Regards,
    Golden
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  6. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
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    I don't think Disk Management will do it if the free space isn't at the end of the volume you're expanding.
    If would have to be [C] [free space] [D] not [C] [D] [free space]. You'd likely have to create a partition in the free space and make the two a dynamic disk. Or use another utility to do it. I'd back up anything important to external media incase it all goes wrong.
    Last edited by alphanumeric; 14 Sep 2012 at 17:32.
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