creating partiton for w7 install help

[misterck]

ok currently on my system i have a 320gb hdd with just 1 partion that is 298gb with vista ultimate installed on it, is there any way i can split this into 2 partitions both 149gb so i can install w7 on the other? i tried using the vista disk management thing but the maximum it will let me shrink is like 84gb....

any help wld be greatly appreciated.

 

[zigzag3143]

shrinking part

ok currently on my system i have a 320gb hdd with just 1 partion that is 298gb with vista ultimate installed on it, is there any way i can split this into 2 partitions both 149gb so i can install w7 on the other? i tried using the vista disk management thing but the maximum it will let me shrink is like 84gb....

any help wld be greatly appreciated.

If win 7 will not let you do it, paragon disk suite 2009 will.

BTW the trial (30 days) if free.

Ken

 

[misterck]

If win 7 will not let you do it, paragon disk suite 2009 will.

BTW the trial (30 days) if free.

Ken

i forgot to mention its vista x64 im using, will this program work on x64? i tried partition magic but when i tried to install it came up that it cldnt install on x64.

 

[zigzag3143]

part issue

i forgot to mention its vista x64 im using, will this program work on x64? i tried partition magic but when i tried to install it came up that it cldnt install on x64.

I used Partition magic as well but it doesnt work in either vista or win 7. Paragon may be 32 bit but there may be a 64bit version. If not you could try the 32 on it anyway

Let us know how it works

Ken

 

[misterck]

I used Partition magic as well but it doesnt work in either vista or win 7. Paragon may be 32 bit but there may be a 64bit version. If not you could try the 32 on it anyway

Let us know how it works

Ken

ok i just tried paragon and it gave me the message paragon cannot install on this OS

it appears that they do have an x64 version of theyre partition manager but only the 32 bit version has a free trial.

 

[matt_0978]

just shrink volume and create an extended partition with disk manager...

right click computer>manage>under storage click disk manager>right click c:\ >shrink (u'll want a size of about 20gb or greater) then search download easybcd from neosmart.net (how to use is explained on there somewhere as well).

 

[zigzag3143]

part issue

ok i just tried paragon and it gave me the message paragon cannot install on this OS

it appears that they do have an x64 version of theyre partition manager but only the 32 bit version has a free trial.

Now that stinks

Almost any good disk suite will do the same just do a google on 64 bit disk managers. Hope this helps a little

Ken

 

[misterck]

ok will give both methods a try,thanks again for the input guys.

 

[matt_0978]

anybody recommend a free hdd cloner for my laptop? i got a 500gig seagate freeagent desktop drive to store my image, haven't as yet got my new sata harddrive.

 

[Orbital Shark]

ok currently on my system i have a 320gb hdd with just 1 partion that is 298gb with vista ultimate installed on it, is there any way i can split this into 2 partitions both 149gb so i can install w7 on the other? i tried using the vista disk management thing but the maximum it will let me shrink is like 84gb....

any help wld be greatly appreciated.

You will need to defrag your drive

You will find that there are so many fragments taking up space all over your hard drive that you will get small shrinkage. I've done this on a Vista lappy i fixed & almost doubled the space available to shrink.

Hope this helps




Jeff

 

[misterck]

You will need to defrag your drive

You will find that there are so many fragments taking up space all over your hard drive that you will get small shrinkage. I've done this on a Vista lappy i fixed & almost doubled the space available to shrink.

Hope this helps




Jeff

trying that just now,i should have thought of that,would make sense that is possibly why im getting small shrink lol.

 

[misterck]

ok got my hdd partitioned into 2 equal parts with vista ultimate x64 on 1 and w7 7264 x64 on the other,had to go the old fashioned long route and do 2 clean installs but got it done lol.