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| Thread ID: 117865 | 2011-05-08 06:27:00 | Changing 'free space' to unallocated in Windows 7 Disk Management | sahilcc7 (15483) | Press F1 |
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| 1200338 | 2011-05-08 06:27:00 | Hi, I'm trying to extend my windows 7 partition from 50GB to 167GB . I have 117GB of free space in disk management . I got this free space from shrinking my XP partition . (See screenshot) . When I right click on Windows 7, the extend volume option is greyed out . But when I right click on XP, I am able to extend the partition . How can I extend my windows 7 partition? I have read that I need to change the free space to unallocated and then extend the partition . How do I do this? Thanks :D |
sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1200339 | 2011-05-08 06:38:00 | When I've had these sorts of problems I've copied one partition (say XP) to a backup drive, then deleted it from the working drive. This then gives plenty of contiguous free space that you can extend the Win 7 partition into. Then you can move the XP partition back from the backup drive into an appropriate space at the end of the enlarged WIN 7 partition. Having a spare hard drive that you can clone your working drive to saves an awful lot of angst if things don't work out as planned. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1200340 | 2011-05-08 08:31:00 | You need to move the XP partition so that there is free space after the Win7 partition. You would be better off using Gparted off a bootable CD. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1200341 | 2011-05-08 08:39:00 | But I have got 117GB free already? | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1200342 | 2011-05-08 08:46:00 | But I have got 117GB free already? Get a proper Partition Manager. www.partition-tool.com It will make life easier and it's free. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1200343 | 2011-05-08 09:43:00 | But I have got 117GB free already? You have but it is not directly after the Win7 partition. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1200344 | 2011-05-08 09:49:00 | Get a proper Partition Manager. www.partition-tool.com It will make life easier and it's free. You are better off using one that will run off a bootable CD and the free one above doesn't. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1200345 | 2011-05-08 09:51:00 | With a proper Partition Tool/Software, you have to move the XP Partition to the right, this will then move the current blank to the left, directly after the W7 - then you can extend W7 into the free space. X2 with what Mike says, bootable CD would be better. You will be safer also, to do one operation at a time - Eg: Move the XP Partition, action it, reboot, make sure every thing loads OK, then extend the W7 partition. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1200346 | 2011-05-08 09:54:00 | You are better off using one that will run off a bootable CD and the free one above doesn't. Why, exactly, do you have to have one that runs off a bootable CD? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1200347 | 2011-05-08 10:09:00 | Why, exactly, do you have to have one that runs off a bootable CD? It's because doing it under Windows means you are using the partition that the partition manager is trying to work on so there is a greater chance of a stuff up. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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