#shrink partition

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Shrinking a partition on Windows Server 2008 is similar to Vista

In order to optimize the performance of servers, IT administrators should try to shrink some partitions to make the best use of hard disks. Shrinking partitions should be carried out by a Professional Partition Manager software since the Disk Managing function built in Windows Server is unavailable for some operations. But with MiniTool Partition Manager, you can perform Server partition management quickly and easily. You can shrink server partition on Windows 2008 using the same process as on Windows Vista. The steps are as follows: 1. Select D: Then click Partitions > Resize/ Move.  On the disk diagram, the current size of all the partitions on your system is displayed. The diagram also depicts free space surrounding the partition if any exists. The maximum sizes that you can shrink a partition depend on the usage of the partition.

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Shrink partition for Windows 8 - free partition manager

As known to all, Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released recently, so many apps can not run under it currently and there are few partition managers that can be used to manage Windows 8 partition. But due to the existence of MiniTool Partition Wizard, Windows 8 partition management is much easier to realize because this partition manager has perfect compatibility, running successfully under Windows 8. Besides, it also has powerful functions and is able to shrink partition in Windows 8 flexibly, move partition, etc.

Before shrinking partition in Windows 8 with MiniTool Partition Wizard, it is a necessary task to visit http://www.partitionwizard.com to download and then install this free partition manager. Then launch it.

Seeing from the above main interface, we can know that MiniTool Partition Wizard has many partition management operations. Select the partition that will be shrunk and click "Move/Resize" button. We'll see the resizing interface.

We can see partition information in this interface. Drag the left triangle rightward to shrink partition, as follows.

Then click "OK" to go back to the main interface.

Back to the main interface, we can see the size of the selected partition has been changed and an unallocated space appears in front of the partition. But this is only a preview. Confirm the operation and click "Apply" to finish shrinking partition in a real sense.

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How to expand partition in Windows Vista？

Windows Vista may be familiar to many users. In the process of using Vista, many users may have come across the problem of insufficient space. Although Microsoft has introduced expanding partition function to the built-in disk management tool in Windows Vista, the new function has multiple defects. There are many limitations when Windows Vista users use the tool to expand partition in Vista. However, it is unnecessary for users to be worried. Although the built-in utility in Vista fails to expand partition flexibly, the third-party partition manager can make it. MiniTool Partition Wizard is a pretty good choice. With it, users can finish almost all partition management operations in Windows Vista, including expanding partition. Before expanding Vista partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard, we should firstly visit the official website http://www.partitionwizard.com/ to download the partition manager and install it. After launching it, the following interface will be shown.

This is the main interface and we can see the detailed disk management functions of MiniTool Partition Wizard. If there is no unallocated space, we should create it. Select the partition adjacent to the partition that will be expanded (here, take expanding Partition C: for example, so we select Partition I:) and click "Move/Resize". The following interface will be shown.

Drag the left triangle rightwards to shrink Partition I: to get the unallocated space and then click "OK" to go back to the main interface. Note: if there is no special need, please keep the option that is marked with red box checked. Enhanced Data Protecting Mode is able to protect partition data perfectly.

We can see an unallocated space appears behind Partition C: and we can expand Partition C: now. Select Partition C: and click "Move/Resize". Drag the right triangle rightwards to expand Partition C: and click "OK" to go back to the main interface.