Root Resize with Windows Vista

[dsmryder]

Does anyone know if Windows Vista can resize a partition out of the box?

Edit: making this a write up

(Windows key)+r = the "run"command.
compmgmt.msc is the (almost) menu box that is used for several settings. Very cool with graphics and information right in your face.
Disk Management will let you see anything that Windows sees as a drive. Floppy, HDD, CD/DVD/BD...
diskpart is the CLI partition manager

 

[pillbug]

Let's see...

>Control Panel
>System and Security
>Administrative Tools
>Create and format hard drive partititions (calls up disk management window)
- select the partition/drive you're interested in, right click, can then shrink or extend the partition

As with everything Windows, be sure of what you're doing, and make a back-up of anything important first.

Good luck!

 

[pillbug]

Ah, my instructions are for Windows 7. Vista (despite what everyone says) is pretty similar. My instructions are probably about the same, but you can of course Google for other instructions.

 

[dsmryder]

Ah, my instructions are for Windows 7. Vista (despite what everyone says) is pretty similar. My instructions are probably about the same, but you can of course Google for other instructions.

Funny thing is I mounted the sdcard in Win7 and it did n't give me the option to shrink. I don't know if it can't do it or not.

I don't have Win Vista. Woudn't have Vista. Won't have Vista.

 

[inub]

might be the same for vista try windows button+r then type compmgmt.msc and look for disk management

 

[dsmryder]

might be the same for vista try windows button+r then type compmgmt.msc and look for disk management

Yeah, and for the ones watching.
I right clicked on "computer" from the start menu and clicked on "manage"
Said yes to the UAC and it shows the same .msc

 

[aricblunk]

In command prompt: (run command prompt as admin if it doesn't work the first time)

diskpart
list disk
select disk # (where # is the "disk #" of the correct storage device based on capacity, from the previous command)
list partition
select partition #
shrink desired=# (where # is the number of megabytes to reduce the partition size by)

 

[dsmryder]

In command prompt: (run command prompt as admin if it doesn't work the first time)

Ooh, thank you.
After playing with Linux for a while, I'm getting used to s command line interface.

Cab you pipe in Windows?

 

[aricblunk]

Ooh, thank you.
After playing with Linux for a while, I'm getting used to s command line interface.

Cab you pipe in Windows?

Yep.