Vista: Shrink Partition – New Feature!

Contributor Icon Contributed by Hack_Vista Date Icon August 26, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: 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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  • SEAnH
    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 ....=(
  • ron
    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
  • Vijay
    Cool tips man.. keep it up..
  • sumair
    how to turn off pagin...
  • Josh Moreno
    Thanks
  • brajendudas
    It is nice article.... ..is there any performance issue due volume shrink capability of vista..?
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