Merge or create partition & Dual Boot

[evil c]

Hi,
I have 290GB free space on my Logical Drive c: (wherein resides my W7 OS). Can I:
a) merge the free space into c: or
b) create another partition, add another OS and then dual boot

I have been reading other posts and tutorials about partitioning but have not seen a similar issue.
Please can you help me?

 

[johnwillyums]

Hi Evil Yes you can. Try this : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html?ltr=P or this: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html?ltr=P

Alternatively you could download something like gparted :GParted -- About and burn it to a live CD.

If you boot from the live disk you can arrange your partitions as you want them. A version of this comes with most Linux distros so if you're intending a dual boot with, say, Linux Mint you can just burn the image to disk and go ahead with the install.

Back everything important up before trying any of this

 

[evil c]

Thank you for your help. Us northerners have got to stick together! Now if I could just persuade my Hitachi external drive to backup a system image.....