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Freeing up space
I have an IBM Z61m laptop with a triple boot: Windows 7, OSX 10.5.7 and Ubuntu 10.04. This configuration resided on a 160gb 5400rpm hard drive. I decided to make a backup of my drive with CloneZilla and then later decided to put that image on a Western Digital 320gb 7200rpm drive.
Everything is working great except I have about 160gb of unused space that I would love to make use of on this fast, new Western Digital HD. Unfortunately there are already 4 primary partitions on the drive. I tried using Easy BCD version 2.0.2 to resize the Windows 7 partition so that it would use all the new unallocated space. Unfortunately this did not work.
I am wondering if there are any other ways I can go about this.
Thanks.
Everything is working great except I have about 160gb of unused space that I would love to make use of on this fast, new Western Digital HD. Unfortunately there are already 4 primary partitions on the drive. I tried using Easy BCD version 2.0.2 to resize the Windows 7 partition so that it would use all the new unallocated space. Unfortunately this did not work.
I am wondering if there are any other ways I can go about this.
Thanks.
Gparted live will allow you to move and resize your partitions. As an alternative, Clonezilla allows you to clone partition to partition instead of the entire disk.
Image your Windows 7 partition with Macrium Reflect, create a boot disk. Delete Windows 7 partition. re-install image and slide the bar all the way to right to use all availabe space.
I think in WIndows 7 you can resize partitions.Right click COMPUTER then DISC MANAGEMENT then shrink or increase volume.
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I tried all solutions and none worked. I appreciate the prompt replys. I've decided to forget about utilizing the space that could be available on the drive...
Actually Boot-It will absolutely do what you want, but as I noted above you have to do it in a very specific order. However ... if you're trying to create another partition, then you'll be limited by the 4 partition limit [as you noted, "... there are already 4 primary partitions on the drive ..."].
If that's the case, you can't simply USE Boot-It; you need to install it, and "tell" it during the installation that you want to allow more than 4 primary partitions. It overcomes this limit with an extended MBR (EMBR) table.
If that's the case, you can't simply USE Boot-It; you need to install it, and "tell" it during the installation that you want to allow more than 4 primary partitions. It overcomes this limit with an extended MBR (EMBR) table.