Windows 7 Partition Magic Software Help You Resize Windows 7 Partition More Easily
Before Oct 22th, 2009, many people have got ready to migrate to Windows 7 and now more and more people use Windows 7 to replace the old operating system.
There are two common kinds of problem for Windows 7 users
First, if you want to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista or install Windows 7 on the partition that runs Windows XP before, you are very likely to encounter the problem that the partition size is too small to install Windows 7, but you cannot delete other partitions and reset the partitions, as many files are stored on these partition. Even if you can backup the files and reset the partitions to install Windows 7, it is time-consuming. Then you may bring partition magic Windows 7 software to mind. Second, after using Windows 7 for a period, you may also encounter the problem that the system partition space becomes lower and needs to be expanded, or you want to shrink a large partition to create more partitions. Then you’ll recall partition magic Windows 7.
Extend partition Windows 7 by Disk Management
In fact, Windows 7 Disk Management has the ability to shrink/expand system partition, but there is no obvious improvement of Disk Management tool in Windows 7. Maybe Microsoft thought it is good enough, or Microsoft is afraid of monopolization, so the Disk Management tool in Windows 7 is nearly the same with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. So some advanced partition management in Windows 7 is still unavailable, especially, it cannot move the partition, so you have to delete the partition that behind the one you want to extend. People have to seek some partition magic Windows 7 software. EASEUS Partition Master, a comprehensive hard disk partition tool and system optimization software for Windows-based administration, works well with Windows 7. As the best partition magic Windows 7 software, EASEUS Partition Master can help you partition Windows 7 easily and safely.
Windows 7 Partition Resizing Tutorial
Before you take action, I suggest you to use Partition Copy to backup the data on that partition. To resize an existing NTFS or FAT partition, please follow the operations bellow:
1. Launch EASEUS Partition Master and you will see a main board.
2. Right click the partition and select Resize/Move.
3. A popped-up dialog box indicates the current size of the selected partition. The box also depicts the used and unused space on the partition and the free space surrounding the partition (if any exists); the minimum and maximum sizes that you can resize a partition; cluster size of the partition.
4. Position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle. Drag the handle to the partition size you want when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow and click OK.
5. Click Apply.
By the way, there is a more detailed step instruction of resizing and moving partitions.
What EASEUS Partition Master can do (compare with Disk Management Tool under Windows 7)?
| Features | EASEUS Partition Master | Windows 7 Disk Management |
| copy dynamic volume |  |
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| extend NTFS system partition without reboot | |
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| create | |
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| delete | |
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| format | |
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| change drive letter | |
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| set active | |
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| GPT disk |  |
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| extend FAT | |
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| extend NTFS | |
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| shrink FAT | |
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| shrink NTFS | |
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| move | |
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| hide | |
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| delete all partition | |
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| partition scheme | |
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| Label partitions | |
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| Check partitions | |
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| Create Bootable Disks | |
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Conclusion
Think about it, Windows 7 is much better than Windows Vista. A lot of people have recommended it, but it is still weak to manage or resize partitions. To better and easier manage you Windows 7 partition, you’d better use the partition magic Windows 7 software.
