Vista: Shrink Partition – New Feature!
Posted by Hack_Vista in Microsoft Vista
Vista contains a new feature which allows users to decrease the size of partitions without any additional software. This tech-recipe will show users how to use this new feature found in Vista.
For those power users out there that have multiple OSs installed on multiple partitions, this will save them time, money, and hard drive space.
Previously, decreasing the size of a partition was only available by buying additional partition sizing software. Now Vista has this feature built-in this new OS.
How to Shrink a Partition in Vista:
1. Press Win+R to open the run box
2. Type in diskmgmt.msc and click OK
3. Press the Continue button if you need to grant permission
4. Right-click on the partition you wish to shrink
5. Select Shrink Volume…
6. Select your settings and click the Shrink button
Do not play with partitions unless you know what you are doing. You can lose any information stored on your hard drive if you are not careful.
Enjoy this wonderful new feature of Vista!
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November 26, 2008 at 4:26 am, SEAnH said:
i can only shring my 500gb hardrive by 210mb yes thats megabytes any fixes for this? in a noob keep that in mind i only just recently decided i wanted vista and xp on the same system with dual booting im following a tutorial and this is the first step im stuck ….=(
December 02, 2008 at 1:10 am, ron said:
defragment and turn off paging, another work around is to get something like partition magic or another third party solution that will reboot the computer and reagarange files before changing the partion table
February 10, 2009 at 8:18 pm, Vijay said:
Cool tips man.. keep it up..
March 07, 2009 at 10:16 am, sumair said:
how to turn off pagin…
May 03, 2009 at 6:20 pm, Josh Moreno said:
Thanks
August 26, 2009 at 7:20 am, Anonymous said:
It is nice article…. ..is there any performance issue due volume shrink capability of vista..?