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Windows 7 operating system is an upgrade to Windows Vista, hence most of the features of Windows 7 are similar to Windows Vista. Resizing partition in Windows 7 is as simple as it was in Windows Vista. There is no need to install any third party applications to resize the partition. The required tool is an inbuilt application in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Preparatory Steps
- Goto ‘Control Panel’ from the ‘Start’ menu.
- Enter ‘Partition’ in the search bar and press enter.
- Click on ‘Create and format hard disk partitions’ under ‘Administrative Tools’. It will pop up ‘Disk Management’ window on the screen
Shrink Volume
- Right click on the desired drive and select ‘Shrink Volume’. It will inform you about the maximum size of the hard disk that can be shrunk. If you have been using the computer for long time, defragmenting the hard disk is recommended prior to the resizing operation.
- Enter the amount of space to be shrunk.
- Once it is done, you can find some unallocated space.
Create New Volume from Unallocated Space
- Right click on ‘Unallocated’ and select ‘New Simple Volume’.
- You will be taken to ‘New Simple Volume Wizard’ window.
- Enter volume size and click next to continue.
- Select file system type as ‘NTFS’ and follow the onscreen guidelines to create and format a new partition
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