Partitioning OS drive

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Daney

Discussion Starter · Nov 23, 2009

Is it possible to use something like gParted to edit the size of my operating system's drive without having to do a fresh restart?

I'd like to setup my laptop with:
30GB OS
120GB Data

Is it possible, will gParted wipe the new partition clean?

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TheWho

· #2 · Nov 23, 2009

i dont think you can do it on the partition that the OS is on. i wouldnt do it because i wouldnt risk loosing data. back up your data and try it, if it doesnt work at least you have your files.

good luck

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eflyguy

· #3 · Nov 23, 2009

If there is enough space to do it, Windows can resize the partition for you.
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Sheyster

· #4 · Nov 23, 2009

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Originally Posted by eflyguy

If there is enough space to do it, Windows can resize the partition for you.
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This...

Instructions: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

Do a defrag with Win7 defragger before you do this, for best results.

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[email protected]

· #5 · Nov 23, 2009

The paragon recovery cd are pretty good also.
Burn to cd and boot it from dos.

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eflyguy

· #6 · Nov 23, 2009

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Originally Posted by Sheyster

Do a defrag with Win7 defragger before you do this, for best results.

This..

Actually, SmartDefrag will also consolidate the free space better than the OS will. Run a deep optimize, then use 7 to move the partition boundaries..

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