How to Move/Resize Partition

• There are several ways to start Move/Resize operation:
  • 1. Select the partition you would like to move or resize » click Partitions in the top menu » click Move/Resize.
  • 2. Select the partition you would like to move or resize » click the Move/Resize Partition button in the Tool Bar.
  • 3. Select the partition you would like to move or resize » click the Move/Resize Partition button under Partition Operations in the Action Panel.
• If the space of the partition is not enough, you can shrink the free space in other partitions to enlarge the capacity of this partition. In this case, the security of data is ensured.
  Your data would not be destroyed or go missing when enlarging, shrinking or moving partitions around.
  What’s more, under Enhanced Data Protecting Mode, you can execute the Move/Resize operation to system partitions or boot partition without harming the data.
• About Enhanced Data Protecting Mode
  • 1. This function is an advanced security measure designed to protect your data when executing the operation of Move/Resize. Even in the event of a power failure or hard ware failure, you can be ensured that your data are completely safe. For some extreme conditions, such as if the partition suffers from unknown failure, you can also use command chkdsk.exe /F in Windows to recover your data. This feature is exclusive to Partition Wizard.
  • 2. The handling partition should have enough space compared to those partitions not use this function.
  • 3. Note: If the capacity of partition changes, Partition Wizard will defined the type of FAT according to the new capacity of the partitions. For instance, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32.
• How to extend system partition?
  Following sample shows you how to extend the system partition by using Partition Wizard.

  Case study:
  Disk is configured as 2 partitions. Partition C & F. C is system partition. Goal is to extend 4 GB free space to partition C.

  

  Step 1: Create 4GB free space
  Shrink drive F to get 4 GB free space between drive C and drive F. Please select drive F from Partition Wizard, and click Move/Resize button from the toolbar. You will see the popup window like the following screenshot. And then drag the left border of the partition to the right to shrink this partition. And then click “OK” button.

  

  Step 2: 4 GB unallocated space is created between drive C & drive F. And then please select drive C, and click “Move/Resize” button from the toolbar again.

  

  Step 3. Position the mouse pointer to the right edge of the partition. Please drag mouse to the right to extend C partition when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow. And then click “OK” button.

  

  And then you could see your drive C is extended.

  

  Step 4: Click “Apply” button.

Resize Partition Safely

Disk is an indispensable tool of computer for storing data. With users’ needs increasing, the volume and performance of disk still get enhanced. Meanwhile, it grows extremely crucial to manage disk properly in everyday life. Only through regularly managing disk, can we ensure the data safety and avoid unnecessary loss. In this regard, I would like to recommend user MiniTool Partition Wizard, a prominent yet free partition magic software, which is able to flawlessly manage disk.

MiniTool Partition Wizard is developed by the professional software manufacturer, MiniTool solution Ltd., after years’ exploitation and you can download our partition magic software at MiniTool Partition Wizard Download Center for free. MiniTool Partition Wizard offers almost all disk management needs desired by computer users, which makes the disk management a no brainer. Here are some of the functions of our MiniTool Partition Wizard partition magic software:
1. Move/Resize: This function could help user adjust and resize partition without backing up data and data loss;
2. Merge:This function helps merges partitions without losing partition, damaging partition while ensuring the disk data safety.
3. Create: This helps create new partition and set new partition properties.
4. Delete: Our partition magic software offer this partition to allow user to delete all partitions once, simplifying the function offered by other partition magic software which requires user to delete partition one by one.
5. Format: When formatting partition, user could set file system and cluster size.
These functions listed above are merely a small portion MiniTool Partition Wizard partition magic software, you can explore more helping functions if you try it.

As professional partition magic software, MiniTool Partition Wizard is able to increase partition, extend partition,wipe partition, resize partition, merge partition, create partition, delete partition, format partition, convert partitionformat, copy partition, hide partition, explore partition, change drive letter, etc. Moreover, it runs perfectly under almost all Windows operating systems including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and supports various file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS4, NTFS5. Most importantly, MiniTool Partition Wizard is presented totally free for home and personal users.

Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to meet the following interface:

Select the partition to be resized and then click “Move/Resize” at the toolbar.

Check “Using Enhanced Data Protecting Mode” to accelerate software operating speed, then drag the left/right-oriented arrow to adjust partition size and then click “OK“.

Last, click “Apply” to execute pending operation. Thus, the partition would be successfully resized with our partition magic software.

Change Partition size in windows 7

Many Windows 7 users may have encountered the situation where system partition is lacking in space, so many applications can not be installed and the operating system runs slowly and is not stable. In this situation, some users will delete some unimportant data to release more unused space for operating system and applications, thereby changing the unfavorable condition. However, that operation is only a temporary solution, but can not settle the problem, because we can not remove the data if all data are important. So, to change partition size is a pretty good choice in this situation. According to the practical situation, changing partition size in Windows 7 will solve the problem easily and with the experience of resizing partition in Windows 7, the similar difficulties could be fixed readily in the future.

For Windows 7 users, there are two ways to change partition size in Windows 7: using the built-in disk management tool and using the third-party partition magic. Due to the limitation of the built-in utility, if we use the first method to resize partition in Windows 7, there must be unallocated space behind and adjacent to the partition to be extended; otherwise, extending partition can not be realized. However, applying the third-party partition magic is more flexible. With MiniTool Partition Wizard, even if there is no unallocated space next to the target partition, we can also realize extending partition in Windows 7.

If system partition in Windows 7 is lack of space and there is no unallocated space adjacent to it, we only need to finish two operations with MiniTool Partition Wizard: one is to shrink the partition adjacent to system partition to release the unallocated space; the second is to extend system partition.

1. Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard. Then select the partition adjacent to the system partition and click “Move/Resize“, as follows.

2. In the interface of Move/Resize Partition, shrink the selected partition by dragging the left triangle rightward and click “OK“, as follows.

After shrinking the partition, the released unallocated space can be used to extend system partition.

Extend system partition in Windows 7
3. Select system partition in Windows 7 and click “Move/Resize“, as follows.

4. Drag the right triangle rightward to extend system partition and click “OK“, as follows.

5. In the main interface, if the result is desired, please click “Apply” to perform all previous.

Seen from the above demonstration, changing partition size in Windows 7 is so simple.