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How to resize Windows XP partition?


by Mark Osborne


The os Windows XP released in 2001. In the decade, Windows XP has finished a success close to perfect service work for its global users. Although upgrade version Windows system with powerful function and fast running run out, a lot of people still keep using Windows XP as their dependent assistant for its available working. As Windows XP user, you may know some features how to create, delete and format partition. Nevertheless, troublesome Often encountered when you extend partition and shrink partition. Taking an example, you can see on a fairly consistent basis as your hard disk fills up is the low disk space warning. Windows XP has in-put basic function but limited without extending volume or shrinking volume.

Facing that, you can now and then ignore the Windows low disk space and jump the warning. Surprisingly, it indicates serious problem on the C: drive. Windows XP operating properly depends upon a minimum amount of available disk space on the system drive. To eliminate this problem, you can cleanup files checked as safely erase. Objectively this supplies little help. Then, you can consider removing programs that you downloaded and moving large videos, music and graphics of media files to other partition. So it must cost you considerable time. Last but not the least, to extend partition with free partition manager software to resize partition is the easy and efficient way. You can extend your partition as you like and not be concerned about data loss. As a result it can be seen that extending partition is a prior consideration to settle your complaint low disk space.

Ways to extend Windows XP Partition

And I'd like to introduce you amazing partitioning software. That is partition assistant, a superb partition manager specially designed for Windows XP to maximise system performance. This Partition Assistant enables you expand the partition of low disk space safely, so you can shrink volume and move volume. Usually, resizing operation covers both extending and shrinking operation. Here, partition management steps are shown on Windows XP hard drive for you:

First of all you should close all other programs before launching the partition software. After launching it, you will see the above screen , click "Partition Management" option to run the Partition Manager. Then you will enter the following.

Move the mouse to the left of partition D till you find the double-headed arrow. Then drag the double-headed arrow toward right to set enough volume (you want increase in partition C) free. The volume you need become unallocated standing left in gray.

Then click on c drive and drag the slider on the right boarder rightwards to extend it.

Remember to click "Apply" to execute pending operations.

Shrink Windows XP Partition

Process could follow above but in the opposite direction. Attention that if you shrink the system partition computer will restart after applying operations. And you had better to make sure that all other programs closed before shrinking partition on non-system partition, so as not to restart computer.

You could download partition magic software and try to extend or shrink your Windows XP partitions.




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