How I resized a Windows partition

Aug 16, 2007, 09:57 PM #1
dkdurcan Junior Member Join: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	While booted into Gparted live CD - can't resize /dev/hdc1 I can see the existing windows partitions, but I'm unable to resize any of them. No options to make the partitions bigger than they are currently. /dev/hdc1 - 7.80 GiB /dev/hdc5 - 16.61 GiB unallocated - 7.79 GiB I can see the additional disk space I allocated via Parallel tools, but that's about it. any ideas???
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Dec 21, 2007, 05:26 PM

owenkc
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Originally Posted by myktee

All,

I booted the VM to the mounted gparted 0.2.5 live CD ISO image

myktee

Can someone give me some instructions as to how to do this, please? I downloaded gparted, told Parallels to attach the downloaded file as the CD image and tried to boot the VM. It couldn't find an OS!

Feeling totally stuffed at the moment.

Dave

Jul 8, 2008, 10:46 PM #3
comer Junior Member Join: Jul 2008 Posts: 2	I google partition manager find some freeware bellow: paragon http://www.paragon-software.com I have not used,no comment! easeus partition manager I download from brother soft http://www.brothersoft.com/easeus-pa...ger-51814.html It worked OK, but failed when i tried to merge partition. so i have to allocated the free space to another partition. Partition magic may merge two partitions which will cost you $69.95 I google partition manager find some freeware bellow: paragon http://www.paragon-software.com I have not used,no comment! easeus partition manager I download from brother soft .It worked OK, but failed when i tried to merge partition. so i have to allocated the free space to another partition. Partition magic may merge two partitions which will cost you $69.95 there are some tips for your to resize your partition:http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus...-partition.htm
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Jul 8, 2008, 10:46 PM

comer
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I google partition manager find some freeware bellow:

paragon http://www.paragon-software.com
I have not used,no comment!

easeus partition manager
I download from brother soft
http://www.brothersoft.com/easeus-pa...ger-51814.html

It worked OK, but failed when i tried to merge partition. so i have to allocated the free space to another partition. Partition magic may merge two partitions which will cost you $69.95

I google partition manager find some freeware bellow:

paragon http://www.paragon-software.com
I have not used,no comment!

easeus partition manager
I download from brother soft .It worked OK, but failed when i tried to merge partition. so i have to allocated the free space to another partition. Partition magic may merge two partitions which will cost you $69.95

there are some tips for your to resize your partition:http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus...-partition.htm

Aug 12, 2008, 03:36 AM #4
cloudy123 Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	windows partition resie windows has a function of resizing the partition but it will damage your files in your compytor.you can have a look at this website:http://www.partition-tool.com/
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Aug 20, 2008, 11:38 PM #5
candy1111 Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	Well, to resize a Windows partition, you can have a try EASEUS Partition Manager. The newest vesion of this product support Windows 2003 Serve(32 and 64 bit), XP (32 and 64 bit).It is very simple to manage partitions in the following way: Launch the software. Select the partition on the fly. Then click Partitions > Resize / Move. On the disk diagram, the current size of all the partitions on the Server is displayed. The diagram also depicts free space on the disk. The minimum and maximum sizes that you can do with the partition depend on the free space within and surrounding it on the disk. Drag the handle of the partition to any size you want. The last step, save your operations and reboot your Windows Server system; you would have an enlarged partition. More important, EAEUS Partition Manager Home Edition is free for home users!
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Aug 20, 2008, 11:38 PM

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Well, to resize a Windows partition, you can have a try EASEUS Partition Manager. The newest vesion of this product support Windows 2003 Serve(32 and 64 bit), XP (32 and 64 bit).It is very simple to manage partitions in the following way: Launch the software. Select the partition on the fly. Then click Partitions > Resize / Move. On the disk diagram, the current size of all the partitions on the Server is displayed. The diagram also depicts free space on the disk. The minimum and maximum sizes that you can do with the partition depend on the free space within and surrounding it on the disk. Drag the handle of the partition to any size you want. The last step, save your operations and reboot your Windows Server system; you would have an enlarged partition.

More important, EAEUS Partition Manager Home Edition is free for home users!

Aug 26, 2008, 03:34 AM #6
cloudy123 Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	resize a windows partition You may choose some famous software to help you, such as Partition magic, EASEUS Partition Manager. However, you should tell whether your computer is server or not because Partition magic does not support server and it can not be updated for a period of time. You can download a demo to have a try：http://www.easeus.com/download.htm.Please share your feeling with me after you usage:)Hope it can help you:)
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Aug 26, 2008, 03:34 AM

cloudy123
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resize a windows partition

You may choose some famous software to help you, such as Partition magic, EASEUS Partition Manager. However, you should tell whether your computer is server or not because Partition magic does not support server and it can not be updated for a period of time. You can download a demo to have a try：http://www.easeus.com/download.htm.Please share your feeling with me after you usage:)Hope it can help you:)

Sep 1, 2008, 01:05 AM #7
cloudy123 Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	resize partition Hi, everybody! I am not specilaize in computer, so it is difficult for me to use fdisk to partition my computer. Usually, I use a kind of software named EASEUS Partition Manager to resize partitions which is easy for me and never damaged my files or data.
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Sep 3, 2008, 01:49 AM #8
cloudy123 Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	resize partition Is it server or non-server? I have read an article on softpedia and you can have a look for I think it will help you.http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/win...ew-92249.shtml
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Apr 13, 2009, 01:18 AM #9
Kevin Wessell Junior Member Join: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Questions I appreciate it but have some questions for items 1, 2, 3 and 9. 1. Copy the HDD drive image file and rename - What is an HDD drive image and where is it? 2. Use Image Tools to resize the original HDD file - What is "Image Tools" and where do you find it? 3. Change your VM profile to boot off of the copied HDD image and add the original, resized image as a second hard disk - How do you do this? 4. Once booted, open CMD prompt and run DISKPART 5. View volumes in DISKPART with the command list volume. Note which volume is your original, resized partition 6. Select that partition using the DISKPART command select volume # where # is the partition number. 7. Enter the command extend 8. Enter the command exit 9. Exit Windows and change the VM profile to once again boot from the original, resized image file. You can disconnect (and delete?) the copied image file from the VM profile. - How do you do this? Thank you in advance for explaining the above details for questions 1, 2, 3, and 9.
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Apr 13, 2009, 01:18 AM

Kevin Wessell
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Questions

I appreciate it but have some questions for items 1, 2, 3 and 9.

1. Copy the HDD drive image file and rename - What is an HDD drive image and where is it?

2. Use Image Tools to resize the original HDD file - What is "Image Tools" and where do you find it?

3. Change your VM profile to boot off of the copied HDD image and add the original, resized image as a second hard disk - How do you do this?

4. Once booted, open CMD prompt and run DISKPART

5. View volumes in DISKPART with the command list volume. Note which volume is your original, resized partition

6. Select that partition using the DISKPART command select volume # where # is the partition number.

7. Enter the command extend

8. Enter the command exit

9. Exit Windows and change the VM profile to once again boot from the original, resized image file. You can disconnect (and delete?) the copied image file from the VM profile. - How do you do this?

Thank you in advance for explaining the above details for questions 1, 2, 3, and 9.

Oct 19, 2009, 09:26 AM

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resize Windows partition without reboot and reinstall OS

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It seems a little complicated and some Partition Tool can help you ease the job with several clicks. No need to reboot the Windows and without reinstall the OS and all the data be protected. It also support Dynamic disk and RAID. For more details, you may refer to How to Resize Windows Patition without Data Loss?

May 22, 2006, 07:35 PM #11
kwojniak Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 17	I too also used the GParted LiveCD. Was a snap to use and worked quite fast.
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May 26, 2006, 04:31 PM #12
pcolag8r Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 21	Gparted LiveCD worked for me as well. I had already resized using the Parallels Imaging Tool (10g to 30g) but my guest os (win2k) didn't recognize the size increase. I booted from the Gparted LiveCD, it showed my original 10g partition and 20g of unpartitioned space. Resized the 10g to 30g. Rebooted. Chkdsk did it's thing. Rebooted again because something about new devices. Works fine. Original Disk: 10g expanding (ntfs) New Disk: 30g expanding (ntfs) I think this was the way to go.
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May 26, 2006, 04:31 PM

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Gparted LiveCD worked for me as well. I had already resized using the Parallels Imaging Tool (10g to 30g) but my guest os (win2k) didn't recognize the size increase. I booted from the Gparted LiveCD, it showed my original 10g partition and 20g of unpartitioned space. Resized the 10g to 30g. Rebooted. Chkdsk did it's thing. Rebooted again because something about new devices. Works fine.

Original Disk: 10g expanding (ntfs)
New Disk: 30g expanding (ntfs)

I think this was the way to go.

Jun 3, 2006, 06:09 PM #13
loosegroove Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 14	WOW!!!! I just did this on a Windows XP Home partition and worked like a charm. I agree that this really should be a part of the Parallels FAQ (if it's not already). Thank you for the great tip!!!! -- Bronson
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Jul 22, 2006, 12:57 PM

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detayls
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Worked like magic!!!

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Originally Posted by BatmanPPC

You don't need to make a copy of the disk image.

Download the live cd from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
Boot your VM from the live cd iso
Select default values until gpartd starts
Select partition to resize
Resize and apply
Disconnect iso
Reboot

Windows should run chkdsk automatically.

This worked for me and I am very happy to be able to start using Parallels again. I hope that they start hiring support staff soon.

Thanks, Batman.

David

Jul 25, 2006, 10:17 AM

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Unshra
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Originally Posted by BatmanPPC

Thank you Batman, this worked perfectly for my image and was very quick and painless.

-Unshra

Jul 28, 2006, 08:26 AM #16
mkummer Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 52	Well I tried all mentioned solutions for a principally simple problem: all did NOT work. Maybe the problems are occurring, if the virtual HD is a) expanding b) compressed or c) both. If I format one of those expanded disks, the get the full size... mk
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Feb 25, 2007, 11:09 AM

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OddyOh
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Which version of GParted to use?

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Originally Posted by BatmanPPC

Just wanted to add my two cents. I tried booting the GParted 0.3.3-6 (downloaded today (Feb 25 2007) live CD, but I just got a black screen, so I let it sit for about 10 minutes, then gave up.

Then I downloaded version 2.5 of the live CD, and it boots right up, quickly and painlessly. Not sure what's changed since 2.5, but I'm glad they still have it up for download!

The rest of these instructions worked great for me! Resized my WinXP C: drive from 8GB to 12GB. I had resized it using Parallel's Image Tool, but that only changes the file, not the way Windows reads it!

Thanks to everyone for their input on this thread, good luck!

Mac OS 10.4.8, 24" iMac, 2GB RAM, 2.16Ghz, 500GB HD
WinXP Home SP2 via Parallels, w00t!

Feb 28, 2007, 04:14 PM #18
raynmanfl Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 3	gparted won't launch... i get an error that it can't start the gui. ARGH!
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Mar 1, 2007, 01:07 AM #19
Happyworker Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 10	Hi there, I'm a little confused on why you would have to use diskpart, if all you want to do is resize your VM. I just used the image tool for my resize and restarted my VM -- this is all I have done, and the VM works fine. I'm using build 3150 (February 1, 2007) and Windows XP. Thanks, Happyworker
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Mar 19, 2007, 03:24 PM

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decoherence
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Originally Posted by BatmanPPC

thanks! in good faith (in other words, without rtfm) i grew my partition to 80GB and made it fixed or "plain" then wondered why I still had no space on my guest C drive. read this thread after the fact. didn't want to duplicate an 80GB image or wait to shrink it back down. the 50MB gparted CD is much preferred.

no i didn't copy the image either. yes, I do run backups ;)

anyway, thanks

sean

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