Resolved Repartitioning an SSD drive

Hello

I recently built a new PC using a new 120GB SSD drive and also my 500GB HDD from my old PC.
On installation of Windows 7 Home Premium I decided to partition the SSD drive into two partitions -
C: 68.2 (Windows 7 installed here)
D: balance (at present EMPTY)

I have now decided that I don't require D: to be 40 odd GB and would like to reduce it's size to around 30GB and INCREASE C: to around 80GB (approx).
After Googling this question all I could find was SHRINKING partitions.

Is it possible to REDUCE the D: partition and INCREASE the C: partition and if so how?

Thanks

John

 

Hi John, I'm not familiar with SSD's, but Computer > Manage > Disk Management > Action > All Tasks > Extend Volume/Shrink Volume. Neil.

 

Hi Neil
Nice to 'hear' from you.
Yes that reference you gave. I will have another look at it but I didn't notice Extend only Shrink.
I mentioned that it is an SSD but I think the method would be the same as a HDD - I just entered that it case it is different.

Maybe I will need to get software to do this.

 

I like EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition "“ formally Partition Magic. I have used it for years to do all sorts of partition making, deleting, and resizing with no problems.

Do make sure if you want to make 1 partition larger, you do that by making the other smaller first.

That said, if me, since 120Gb is not that big, I would just make the SSD one partition and leave it. Then I would use the SSD for the OS, OS drivers, the PF, and your applications. Then use the HD to backup your SSD, and for mass storage of data files.

 

Ditto.

 

I quickly add while I personally have had great success manipulating partitions, it is a very risky process. A sudden drive failure or power outage, for example, in the middle of the process has the potential to render the disk (and all your data on it) useless.

Therefore, before any messing with partitions, make sure you have a current backup of any data you don't want to lose.

 

... and plug the computer into a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).

 

Always!

 

Thanks everyone for your input.
I have now repartitioned the C: drive using part of the unallocated space on the SSD drive and all seems well.
I had repartitioned some years ago and used Partition Magic but it is old and wondered if it would work on W7 (I partitioned the drive during installation of W7).
Anyway all is now well and I will close this thread.
Thanks again
John

 

The "years ago" version probably would not, but the developers have not been sitting on their laurels over the years. The latest version supports up through Windows 8.1.

It should be noted that NTFS partitioning and formatting a drive is NOT OS dependent.