Windows 7: partition hd

hog1340 · 07 Dec 2009

I just recently built my first pc. I have 2 hd in it, one is 1 tb and the 500 g. The os is on the 1 tb that I just recently tried partitioning. I was able to create 3 partitions but the one the OS is on os around 500 g, I'm not home right now to get the exact size. the partitioner in 7 won't let me make the OS partition any smaller. What aftermarket partitioner would you guys recomnmend? Since it is 7 i didn't wnt to just jump in with gpart or magic.

Thanks Ed

ignatzatsonic · 07 Dec 2009

Can you post a screen cap of what you see in Disk Management?

Do you get an error message when you attempt to resize?

Don't use a third party app unless you have no choice.

Qdos · 07 Dec 2009

Easeus Partition Manager is one of the most up to date

hog1340 · 07 Dec 2009

I will be away from my home computer for a couple days, but will post screen cap then. I don't get a error, it jujst won't let me resize the partition.

thanks for the advice.

Jonathan_King · 07 Dec 2009

Try disabling hibernation, and disabling paging files, and then defrag, and try again

hog1340 · 07 Dec 2009

Thanks Jonathan
I'll give it a try.

hog1340 · 11 Dec 2009

I tried what you suggested Jonathan and I still can't shrink it. Attached is the screenshot.

Thanks

Jonathan_King · 11 Dec 2009

How did you disable hibernation?

Billy · 11 Dec 2009

I use Partition Wizard Home Edition. Pretty easy to use.

Jonathan_King · 11 Dec 2009

So is GParted, but before we delve into any third-party tools, let's see if we can do it from Windows. Otherwise, we could cause some damage, possibly ending in data loss.

Windows 7: partition hd

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