Resize Partition Under Windows 7 (32 Bit and 64 Bit)
Windows 7 is the Windows OS of Microsoft. Are you planning to install Windows 7 now or just migrate to Windows 7 for a dual-boot system? Have you prepared a free partition manager in your toolkit for better disk partition in Windows 7? Say, create a new partition to install Windows 7, or extend the full system partition for a smooth Windows 7 running off, etc. By the way, you may also make a Windows 7 dual boot with Windows XP or Vista.
Can built-in disk management resize partition under Windows 7
Yes. Disk Management can resize partition in Windows 7 in the condition that the system partition has enough space. Just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink/extend, and select Shrink/Extend Volume from the pop-up menu. And you can set up the amount that you want to resize. Shrink/Extend the volume on a hard drive to create unallocated space, and create a hard disk partition in Windows 7. But there is no obvious improvement of Disk Management Tool in Windows 7 and it is same as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 with so many limitations in disk management. (Please refer to the comparison table below)
So some advanced partition management in Windows 7 is still unavailable when you find your system partition is out of space which will be in red as below:
In this condition, people have to seek the best partition magic for Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit and Windows 8. Qiling Partition Master, a comprehensive free hard disk partition manager, and system optimization software for Windows-based administration, works well with Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit.
Qiling Partition Master VS Disk Management Built-in Windows 7
| Features | Qiling Partition Master | Windows 7 Disk Management |
| Merge partition | | |
| Resize/Move partitions | | |
| Resize dynamic volume | | |
| Copy dynamic volume, copy disk/partition | | |
| Extend NTFS system partition without reboot | | |
| Create, delete, format, change drive letter, set active | | |
| Extend/shrink FAT | | |
| Extend/shrink NTFS | | |
| Partition Recovery | | |
| Hide, label, check partitions | | |
| delete all partitions | | |
| Create WinPE bootable disk | | |
| Support GPT disk | | |
As a matter of fact, the only disadvantage of Disk Management built-in Windows 7 or other Windows systems is that it cannot resize the partition. That's the main reason why the partition magic for Windows 7 exists. The following part will give you a demonstration of how to resize partition under Windows 7.
So that's the main differences between Qiling Partition Master and Disk Management built-in Windows 7. You may check more detailed features of Qiling Partition Master.
How to resize Windows 7 partition with free partition manager
Here are two solutions for disk partition in Windows 7 with Qiling free partition manager.
Solution 1: Windows 7 Partition Management
Qiling Partition Master runs well on Windows 7 and Windows 8. It enables you to repartition the hard drive, extend the system partition, create, delete, resize/move, copy, merge, split or format a partition and even migrate OS to HDD/SSD.
Follow the steps below to resize the partition in Windows 7 and Windows 8 with simple clicks.
Step 1. Shrink partition to free up space to extend partition.
If the hard drive has enough unallocated space to extend the target partition, jump to Step 2, and continue. If not, free up space first:
- Click on a partition next to the target partition and select "Resize/Move".
- Drag the partition ends to free up space, leaving enough unallocated space behind the target partition, click "Proceed".
Step 2. Extend target partition.
Click on the target partition and select "Resize/Move".
Drag the target partition handle into the unallocated space to extend partition.
Step 3. Keep all changes.
Click the "Proceed" to keep all changes.
Solution 2: Windows 7 Partition Management by Creating Bootable CD
The other safe way for managing Windows 7 Partition is to make a bootable CD of partition software. When your operating system crashes, you can use solution 2 for disk partition in Windows 7. Some partition software like Qiling Partition Master Professional Edition and its higher editions can create a WinPE bootable disk for users to perform advanced partition management before Windows 7 starts.
Step 1. To create a bootable disk of Qiling Partition Master, you should prepare a storage media, like a USB drive, flash drive or a CD/DVD disc. Then, correctly connect the drive to your computer.
Step 2. Launch Qiling Partition Master, find the "WinPE Creator" feature on the top. Click on it.
Step 3. You can choose the USB or CD/DVD when the drive is available. However, if you do not have a storage device at hand, you can also save the ISO file to a local drive, and later burn it to a storage media. Once made the option, click the "Proceed" button to begin.
When the process finishes, you have successfully created an Qiling Partition Master WinPE bootable disk. Now, you can manage your hard disks and partitions through the bootable drive whenever the computer fails to boot normally.
If you have RAID drives, load the RAID driver first by clicking Add Driver from the menu bar, which can help you add the driver of your device under WinPE environment, as some specific device cannot be recognized under WinPE environment without drivers installed, such as RAID or some specific hard disk.
You have created an Qiling Partition Master WinPE bootable disk now. You can resize your Windows 7 partitions through the bootable drive whenever the computer fails to boot normally.
If you have RAID drives, load the RAID driver first by clicking Add Driver from the menu bar, which can help you add the driver of your device under WinPE environment, as some specific device cannot be recognized under WinPE environment without drivers installed, such as RAID or some specific hard disk. (You can dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 and even solve how to manage partitions before Windows 7 starts with the help of Qiling Partition Master Free.)
Besides partition manager features, Qiling Partition Master also provides some other features like Partition Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost partitions, copy disk & partition wizard to upgrade or backup disk. This software also supports other Windows OS such as to be sued as Linux partition manager and no troubles will be met.
There is a great point of Qiling Partition Master: Though the Professional and Server Edition are both single licenses, if your computer has a virtual system, they can be installed in all virtual system as well. That's really cool. Don't hesitate to download partition magic for Windows 7.
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