Windows Vista partition needs more space on Laptop HDD

[lincolnkush]

I am currently working on a project for a friend whom needs their Vista OS partition side extended but option is not available through the Computer Management, Any ideas on how to get this 28gb extended from a 160 gb hdd....
Facts: 160 GB HDD SATA; One partition which contains the Vista OS is about 28gb and near capacity...Theres another partition e:, which contains 105gb of free space...NOT UNALLOCATED..
NOW How to get the OS side bigger without taking out the hard drive...is there a way to do it while it is in the computer and running??

 

[eddieroolz]

I am currently working on a project for a friend whom needs their Vista OS partition side extended but option is not available through the Computer Management, Any ideas on how to get this 28gb extended from a 160 gb hdd....
Facts: 160 GB HDD SATA; One partition which contains the Vista OS is about 28gb and near capacity...Theres another partition e:, which contains 105gb of free space...NOT UNALLOCATED..
NOW How to get the OS side bigger without taking out the hard drive...is there a way to do it while it is in the computer and running??

Increasing a partition size is a bit tricky. Let's say you have two partitions:

1. Partition A
2. Partition B

If you imagine the HDD as one long strip of data:

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Your partition between A and B, and the partitions itself, would look like this:

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Now if you have data in your Partition A and B like you do now, like this:

x x x x | | | | | | | x x x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

You won't be able to make A bigger without wiping B because there's data in the first sections of B. This is just how HDDs store their data; they write from the first section of a partition.

So in short, you'd have to wipe the other partition before you can enlarge the Vista partition.

 

[lincolnkush]

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