Resizing partition means to change the size of a partition as you like, either extend it or shrink it. For practical purposes, illogical disk partition may cause some problems, such as: “low disk space”, “poor disk space utilization”, and etc, to solve these problems, resize partition brooks no delay. It is regular for Windows 7 users to resize partition size for system running smoothly. Here we introduce two common ways to mange partition and disk in Windows 7.
Method 1: Resize Partition in Windows 7 with Disk Management Tool
Both Windows 8 and Windows 7 come with a handy disk management utility that allows you to create, resize and delete hard disk partitions, without having to boot into a special disk utility or purchase additional software. The following step-by-step guide will show you how to use the Disk Management utility in order to manage your partitions.
Let’s get started from opening Disk Management Tool in Windows 7. The easiest way is to right click “Computer“→ select “Manage” → Get the new control panel, open “Storage” and choose “Disk Management” in submenu, and then you will get the following Disk Management:
In the Disk Management interface, you’ll see the right-hand side of the window populate with your disk information, showing you the name, size, and type of each partition for the disks on your system. Select the hard disk you want to partition. Right click a partition (here is C: drive) and select the option you want to do: change drive letter and paths, format, extend, shrink, delete, etc.
Method 2: Resize Partition in Windows 7 with AOMEI Partition a$$istant
Except Windows build-in disk management tool mentioned above, you can use third party software to resize partition in Windows 7. AOMEI Partition a$$istant Standard is a good one, it is the best solution for quickly resizing partition that allows you to freely increase or decrease partition size without data loss. This free Partition Manager allows you to easily change the partition structure with help of 1-2-3 wizards. It comes with so many powerful features that you can completely control your hard disk and partition. For example, “Extend Partition Wizard” enables you to increase partition size to completely solve low disk space problem, or you can flexibly manage disk space with “Resize Partition”, “Merge Partitions”, “Spilt Partition” and “Copy Partition”.
What’s more, there are many advanced utilities offered by AOMEI Partition a$$istant to maintain your computer and manage hard drives and partitions, such as partition alignment, convert GPT/MBR disk, make bootable CD etc.
Conclusion
Although you can use Disk Management to control your partitions, there are limitations you can’t ignore. What’s more, if you need to perform more advanced operations such as allocate free space, convert MBR/GPT disk, migrate OS to SSD, the built-in tool isn’t enough for you. Therefore, you may try the third party software: AOMEI Partition a$$istant Standard. This free partition manager doesn’t have the limitations that Disk Management has, but has the functions which the Windows “Disk Manager” doesn’t have. Not only apply to Windows 7, it also supports Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 8/8.1, and the latest Windows 10.
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