This tutorial is about free partition magic software to extend or shrink disk partition on Windows OS. It is free from any risk.
The problem: PowerQuest Partition Magic does not support Windows Vista and later versions as well as Windows Server.
Solution: IM-Magic Partition Resizer is an all-in-one free partition magic software, which enables users to resize disk partition without touching data stored on the disk. It brings users much convenience because they don’t need to backup any data to resize disk partition by using IM-Magic Partition Resizer. With help of this software, you can extend a disk partition, shrink a disk partition and move a disk partition. The software supports both NTFS and FAT partition, which allows users to resize disk partition without rebooting computer or reinstalling system.
What is provided in IM-Magic Partition Resizer?
If you right-click a partition in Partition Resizer, you will see the following options. Details may vary depending on the volume properties.
If you right-click a disk in Partition Resizer, different options will appear based on the disk properties.
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Redistribute disk space from large volume in Windows Server
Step 1:
Free download, install and launch IM-Magic Partition Resizer on computer. Right click a partition that has sufficient free space and select "Resize/Move" option.
Step 2:
When mouse shows arrow symbol, you can shrink the selected partition to produce free space. The free space will be shown as an unallocated volume.
Shrink other large partition to produce free space for C drive
Step 3:
Move the unallocated volume close to the partition you want to extend. Right click the partition you want to extend and click "Resize/Move" option.
Right click c drive to get started with extending c
Step 4:
Extend the selected partition when mouse shows arrow symbol and then click "Apply" button.
Disk partition including system partition and data partition may need to be resized when its space is unreasonable. For example, you may find on your computer, system partition is nearly full but the other partitions are still empty. When the free space on disk partitions is unreasonable, you may want to use partition magic software to resize the disk partition.
All above, both Disk Management and Diskpart command have its limitations. Only IM-Magic Partition Resizer can help you resize disk partition without any limitation. The software has free edition, which can work on Windows Vista/XP/7/8, while the software also has Server edition, which can work on almost all Windows Server OS. IM-Magic Partition Resizer supports both NTFS and FAT partition. Although extending a partition with IM-Magic Partition Resizer is also based on free space on the disk, you can simply produce some free space by shrinking the partition and move the free space close to the partition you want to extend. You don’t need to reboot your computer by using this software, so you can save much time.
Windows built-in partition tool such as Diskpart command doesn’t support to resize a system partition. However, IM-Magic supports to resize system partition and data partition without any data loss. Data stored on system partition is often quite important, so you may be unable to afford the loss if important files got lost. By using IM-Magic Partition Resizer, it doesn’t touch any single file on the disk.
For Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista ==> Download IM-Magic Partition Resizer Free (Free)
For Windows Server all versions ==> Download IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server (Free Demo)