Hey everyone,im using windows vista business.I just bought a 500gb western digital external usb hard drive. i am trying to partition this hard drive. this is how im trying to do it:1. right click my computer go manage.2. go disk management3. right click the volume/hard drive and click shrink.The problem is that when i right click the external hard drive it doesn't allow me to click shrink.(its an option but not colored in black its like clear and i cant click it.)i want to avoid formatting it as i have about 150gb of files on it. its in fat32 format. are their any other things you could think of, and if i have to format it please tell me. also is it possible to partition that external hard drive. (also if i use my mac and go to utilities it shows that hardrive and allows me to partition but to finish partitioning you must format, im just trying to avoid that because i don't want to wait for 150gb to copy. however if its the only way then i will.)sorry its so long but i would appreciate any help or tips. thanks.
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