Change or Resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) Size in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista, it’s very easy to change the size of the partition or resize partition by using Disk Management Console, which also provides ability to change drive letters or paths. Partitions with NTFS, FAT32 or FAT file system can be resized with the Disk Management utility. And unlike Windows XP or Windows 2000, there is no third-party application program such as Partition Magic needed. Disk Management Console can resize the partitions without any data loss or the need to delete and remove the existing partition and recreate the partition with new size.

To resize partition size or change the size of partitions in Windows Vista:

  1. Click on the Start button, and then right click on Computer and select Manage.
  2. In the Computer Management console, click and expand Storage branch, and click on Disk Management to open and access Disk Management Console.
  3. Disk Management Console display the details of all available volumes and disk drives in the computer configuration in the right pane.
  4. Right click on any volume or partition that needs to resize or change the size, and select either Expand (to increase the size) or Shrink (to reduce the size) to change the size of the partition.
  5. Enter amount of space to expand or shrink in MB (cannot exceed the size of available expand or shrink space in MB).
  6. Click on Expand or Shrink button when done.
  7. Windows Vista will reduce or extend the size of the partition online immediately, without the risk of data loss.

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33 Responses to “Change or Resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) Size in Windows Vista”

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  1. Ahmed
    August 17th, 2009 04:17
    33

    thank u f downloaded

  2. nolin
    July 8th, 2009 20:06
    32

    can i ask.
    is it true that cannot exceed the size of available expand or shrink space in MB?
    i have 300GB of C. i want to shrink around 150GB but the max shrink is 90GB.
    can someone help?

  3. Joey
    April 10th, 2009 14:14
    31

    Its true?you can manage your drive without an application and any damage to your file that save on drive??how about you need to move the file of C drive to D drive?

  4. David
    March 29th, 2009 02:34
    30

    But what if “extend volume” or “shrink volume” are greyed out?!?!

  5. Windows - Resizing partitions / CampTune / WinClone - Mac-Forums.com
    December 24th, 2008 08:24
    29

    [...] loss of data. Perhaps you can try that to get back the 20 Gb that Vista doesn’t see. Take a look here. [...]

  6. Gordon
    October 24th, 2008 06:51
    28

    access denied on vista when I try this…any ideas?

  7. boysha8
    October 7th, 2008 16:07
    27

    Also, i would like preserve all the data i have on the 2 partitions.
    When i delete partition2, even though unallocated space is available, the ‘extend’ option on partition1 is disabled. So, if someone could give me step-by-step instructions of how to make my current partitions into the setup shown below, that would be great:

    Desired partitions
    Partition1 – 200gb: FAT32 (90gb full)
    Partition2 – 100gb: NTFS (35gb full)

  8. boysha8
    October 7th, 2008 16:02
    26

    i have an external hard disk with the following 3 partitions:
    Partition1 – 100gb: FAT32 (90 gb full)
    Partition2 – 100gb: NTFS (empty)
    Partition3 – 100gb NTFS (35 gb full)

    I want to remove partition2 and extend partition1 (FAT32) to 200gb. I am not able to do it, can somebody help.

    Thanks

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