Shrink/Extend a Partition on Windows 7 Hard Drive

written by: Alex Daca; article published: year 2009, month 12;

In: Root » Computers and technology » Windows

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If you use multiple partitions on your hard drive, you may want to shrink or extend one of them-after realizing you want more space on another one of the partitions. ( Create a New Partition.)

1. Click the Start button, right click on Computer, and click Manage (the Computer Management Console will load.)

2. In the left pane, click Storage > Disk Management.

3. All disks and partitions will display. To shrink a partition, right click on the partition and choose Shrink Volume.

4. Enter the amount of space, to shrink by, in MB.

If you would like to extend a partition, you will need to make sure there is empty space available behind the partition. Then go back to step 4 and instead click Extend Volume.

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