How to extend system drive partition (C:) to get more capacity

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After installing Win 7 on C: with other programs that partition is getting too close to full. How do I add from logical partition to increase size of c:?

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When you are unable to make changes to partitions using Disk Management below are partitioning programs you can use.

EASEUS Partition Master (free):

Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard for Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit). It allows users to Resize/Move Partition, Extend System Drive, Copy Disk & Partition, Merge Partition, Split Partition, Redistribute Free Space, Convert Dynamic Disk, Partition Recovery and more. Be careful, re-sizing partitions is usually safe but errors can happen, and always backup anything important before modifying partitions on your hard drive.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Paragon Partition Manager (free):

A good program for making general changes to hard drive partitions while Windows is running. Create, delete, format, and resize partitions with this program. It can also defragment, check file system integrity, and more. Be careful, re-sizing partitions is usually safe but errors can happen, and always backup anything important before modifying partitions on your hard drive.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/download.html

Gparted Boot Disk(free):

If you can't make the changes you want with Windows running using a Gparted boot disk to change the partitions is a good solution. If you will be changing the main Windows partition, or a partition with important info, backup anything important - it's not common, but things can go wrong. Altering the partitions can be risky, be careful and know what you are doing - there is no Windows safety option when using this - if you tell it to format the Windows partition it will do so and delete the entire Windows installation. Depending on what you are doing it can take from a few minutes to a couple hours. Download the ISO and burn it to a CD.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable

How to use:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html

If after altering the partitions Windows 7 data/files are still there but Windows won't boot the following may help:

Try Repairing The Windows 7 Installation

Insert the Windows 7 DVD and restart your computer
Boot from the DVD.
Choose your language and click Next.
Click Repair Your Computer and then select the operating system you want to repair.
Click on the Startup Repair link from list of recovery tools in System Recovery Options.

If that doesn't fix it:

Insert the Windows 7 DVD and restart your computer
Boot from the DVD. If prompted, press any key to start Windows from the installation disc.
Choose your language and click Next.
Click Repair Your Computer and then select the operating system you want to repair.
Select Command Prompt and try the following commands (a single command might work, or you may need to use multiple commands depending on the exact problem):

bootrec /fixMBR

bootrec /fixBoot

bootrec /rebuildBCD

Note: there is a space before the /

Have Questions About Installing Windows 7?

FAQ - Common Windows 7 Installation Questions & Answers

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Anonymous

2011-06-11T12:03:05+00:00

Sorry, I didnt use that program, I used the one who comes with vista on system tools.

I've been reading about that program, sounds pretty interesting.
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Anonymous

2011-06-13T16:09:42+00:00

Excellent, using EASEUS Partition Master (which has a free version) its very simple! Thank you! Solved my problems.
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Anonymous

2011-06-21T05:43:02+00:00

Thank you so much! I did make space but on the 'wrong' side - and I battled with creating space for hours, I even set my Vista back to 2007 (and then needed 6 hours of updates and again the C drive was almost full (only Vista+Updates) and now I at least added 13 GB extra! The program works like a charm!!

Free EASEUS does NOT work on System partition. I just finished trying it. It will extend other non-system partitions, but won't extend the system. I have a 250 GB drive with 80 Gb's for Win 7 system, and 170 for games, and when I reduce d drive by 50 Gb's EASEUS will extend D: partition, but NOT C: system partition.

...Bert

You can use EASEUS Partition Master to move D drive rightwards and let unallocated space be next to the system partition. Refer to:<Removed>

You extend Windows 7 partition, detailed steps to resize partition: <Removed>
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Anonymous

2011-06-23T16:51:24+00:00

This my experience in how extend my system drive partition (C:) you can find it as follow: -

C: volume was about 27GB and free space in it was about 2GB

D: volume was about 133GB and free space in it was about 119GB and the used space was only less than 13GB.

as known to extend and increase volume space must have unallocated space follow or next the partition that we want to extend it.

i moved all my files that in D: volume to another partition that help me in my problem, so all D: volume space was free to use it as i want,

of course we will extend our drive through Control Panel > Administrative Tools > computer management> storage

i deleted D: volume "this is after backup my files" so i got the free space unallocated the next drive C:

so we can now use extend through extend command and add the space that you want.

and then the remaining amount of unallocated space you can create volume D: again and restore your files to it .

so we didn't use any third party program to make it and avoid any problems regarding it.

hope this can be helpful for any body.

thanks
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