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disk partition after installation

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spanda Original post #1
Apr 24, 2012 at 8:43 AM
i have windows 7 .
now i have only c and d drive and d is only used for recovery.

i want to make some partition wichout formatting or reinstalling.

i have tried the disk management of win 7.
but it is unabale to solve my problem.
Sujeet
Sujeet #2
Apr 24, 2012 at 1:12 PM
What exactly Do you wan to do?.

Explain.
dashing.sujay
Apr 24, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I guess he wants to create extra partitions which a normal user thinks can't be done without formatting.

@spanda- Just use any partitioning soft like Acronis disk director or Easeus.
meetdilip
Apr 24, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I think he want to split C drive into more than one drive.
Sujeet
Sujeet #5
Apr 24, 2012 at 1:37 PM
@Op.
If You Want to Shrink C drive and create New Partition out of it use EaseUS or Acronis as suggested by Dashing.Sujay.
I personally prefer and recommend using EaseUS Partirion Manager.
Note:Be Carefuly While Fiddling With Partitions and C System Drive To be specific .One wrong change and you will left with UnBootable System.


All the Changes Made in Easeus are Stacked as Pending Operations as long as the user doesnt Applies The Change.

Be Sure to apply Changes only when you are Confident of Changes You Have Made to Disk.
W
Apr 24, 2012 at 2:47 PM
creating new partitions will most probably break the recovery/factory state option of laptops like dell,lenovo etc. which come with pre-installed genuine windows 7.if you don't know how to manually activate windows 7 on oem systems & need the recovery option i suggest leaving partitions as such.
ravi_9793
May 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Windows 7 let you partition a drive after installation, but be careful.
Start -> right click computer -> Manage -> Disk management -> Right click large partition and select shrink volume -> follow further steps.

I repeat, be careful while performing this.