Changing your Partition Size

1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of my
windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears that
this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me know?

2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks

There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
partitions.

Right click "Computer"
Select "Manage"

On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"

There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right click
one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"

All kind of fun settings in there.
--
Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org


"jco" wrote:

> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of my
> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears that
> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me know?
>
> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>

I suggest you defrag it first.

"firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
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> There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
> partitions.
>
> Right click "Computer"
> Select "Manage"
>
> On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"
>
> There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right
> click
> one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"
>
> All kind of fun settings in there.
> --
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "jco" wrote:
>
>> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of
>> my
>> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
>> that
>> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
>> know?
>>
>> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
>> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
>> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>>

Has anyone ever gotten the shrink option to work?
My desktop was not able to shrink any disks due to "unknown error", and my
laptop is now sitting there with the spinning cheerio...for the last 45
mins..the Logon Screensaver just crashed out...


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I suggest you defrag it first.
>
> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news5E6B734-C7DB-4C99-9F87-...
>> There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
>> partitions.
>>
>> Right click "Computer"
>> Select "Manage"
>>
>> On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"
>>
>> There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right
>> click
>> one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"
>>
>> All kind of fun settings in there.
>> --
>> Robert Firth
>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>
>>
>> "jco" wrote:
>>
>>> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size
>>> of my
>>> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
>>> that
>>> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
>>> know?
>>>
>>> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
>>> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
>>> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>>>
>
>

I see some folks having issues. I'm not sure I trust this yet. I really
hope Partition Magic comes out with another version that Runs on Vista.


"firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
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> There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
> partitions.
>
> Right click "Computer"
> Select "Manage"
>
> On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"
>
> There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right
> click
> one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"
>
> All kind of fun settings in there.
> --
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "jco" wrote:
>
>> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of
>> my
>> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
>> that
>> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
>> know?
>>
>> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
>> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
>> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>>

I've tried several times to shrink a partition, all drives defragged, both
in 32bit and 64bit Vista. Nothing happens at all, apart from the hourglass
sitting there for ages and ages.....then it either errors out or else
does....absolutely nothing!
Plenty of available space too. Oh well......

--
Jane, not plain 64bit enabled
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation
"Zack Uribe" <> wrote in message
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> Has anyone ever gotten the shrink option to work?
> My desktop was not able to shrink any disks due to "unknown error", and my
> laptop is now sitting there with the spinning cheerio...for the last 45
> mins..the Logon Screensaver just crashed out...
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I suggest you defrag it first.
>>
>> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news5E6B734-C7DB-4C99-9F87-...
>>> There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
>>> partitions.
>>>
>>> Right click "Computer"
>>> Select "Manage"
>>>
>>> On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"
>>>
>>> There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right
>>> click
>>> one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"
>>>
>>> All kind of fun settings in there.
>>> --
>>> Robert Firth
>>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "jco" wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size
>>>> of my
>>>> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
>>>> that
>>>> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
>>>> know?
>>>>
>>>> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
>>>> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
>>>> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>>>>
>>
>>
>

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:12:11 -0500, jco wrote:

> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of my
> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears that
> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me know?
>

ntfsresize, part of the ntfsprogs package.
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/

Oh wait, I'm on a MS newsgroup...

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:12:11 -0500, jco wrote:
>
> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of my
> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears that
> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me know?

Works fine for me, but I've only tried it from a clean boot to DOS.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

I only tried it once and it worked. I had no need to do it again after that.



"Zack Uribe" <> wrote in message
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> Has anyone ever gotten the shrink option to work?
> My desktop was not able to shrink any disks due to "unknown error", and my
> laptop is now sitting there with the spinning cheerio...for the last 45
> mins..the Logon Screensaver just crashed out...
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I suggest you defrag it first.
>>
>> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news5E6B734-C7DB-4C99-9F87-...
>>> There is a very nice feature in vista that allows you to resize your
>>> partitions.
>>>
>>> Right click "Computer"
>>> Select "Manage"
>>>
>>> On the bar on the left, go to "Storage", "Disk Management"
>>>
>>> There, you will find the partitions on your hard drive. You can right
>>> click
>>> one of the partitions and choose to "shrink volume"
>>>
>>> All kind of fun settings in there.
>>> --
>>> Robert Firth
>>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "jco" wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size
>>>> of my
>>>> windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
>>>> that
>>>> this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
>>>> know?
>>>>
>>>> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
>>>> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
>>>> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>>>>
>>
>>
>

Just boot from your PartitionMagic Disc and use it. It loads some sort of
DOS and then gives you basically the same menu as in Windows. It's much
faster this way, no need for system boots.

"jco" <> wrote in message
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> 1. I would like to know what can be done to change the partition size of
> my windows Vista32. In the past, I've used Partition Magic 8. It appears
> that this tool no longer works, if Vista is installed. Can someone let me
> know?
>
> 2. Has anybody had experience using Ghost or Acronis True Image on a
> partition that has Vista installed? I want to know if there are any
> complications to using these imaging tools. Thanks
>