Freeware partition resizer and mover

[lan101]

Stumbled across this freeware tool tonight. Works very well. All these tools out there now want all this subscription money for something that I need like 2 or 3 times a year lol. Figured I'd share if anyone needed it.

Free Partition Manager Software Download Windows PC Server

As the best free partition software, IM-Magic Partition Resizer Free is a free Windows 11 10 partition magic tool to expand system partition without formatting or without losing data and more partition management like resize move partition, clone disk, migrate os disk to larger disk, delete...

www.resize-c.com

 

[sapphirescales]

I've never used it. I use MiniTool Partition Wizard Free. I'll check this one out.

 

[lan101]

I've never used it. I use MiniTool Partition Wizard Free. I'll check this one out.

I believe I've used that one before too in the past. I'll have to see if it's still free on a current download. Thank you.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I've had no reason to move away from the Gnome Partition Editor: https://gparted.org/

You can grow and shrink volumes from within Windows Disk Manager, the only time you need a tool like this is to move a partition out of the way so you can grow another one.

 

[fincoder]

the only time you need a tool like this is to move a partition out of the way so you can grow another one.

Yes it's annoying that Windows Disk Management doesn't let you remove a system partition even when it isn't currently in use.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Yes it's annoying that Windows Disk Management doesn't let you remove a system partition even when it isn't currently in use.

You say Windows as if any other OS can do it... they cannot. Linux won't let you play like that on a disk with any partitions mounted. I don't think MacOS can do it either. I'm not personally clear on why, but if everyone is playing by the same limitations I have to assume there's a solid reason.

 

[lan101]

I've had no reason to move away from the Gnome Partition Editor: https://gparted.org/

You can grow and shrink volumes from within Windows Disk Manager, the only time you need a tool like this is to move a partition out of the way so you can grow another one.

Yeah I generally only need it when I restore a system image to a newer bigger drive which is literally a couple times a year at most.

 

[fincoder]

You say Windows as if any other OS can do it... they cannot. Linux won't let you play like that on a disk with any partitions mounted.

That's not what I'm referring to. I mean a hidden system partition that's used for booting but the drive is now connected to a PC running from a different boot drive. I meant the partition is not in use for the booting the currently running OS, it's on a slave drive. Minitools Partition Wizard can delete the partition because it's nothing to do with the RUNNING system. Disk Management artificially prevents its deletion, probably to prevent issues in a dual-boot configuration.

 

[Sky-Knight]

That's not what I'm referring to. I mean a hidden system partition that's used for booting but the drive is now connected to a PC running from a different boot drive. I meant the partition is not in use for the booting the currently running OS, it's on a slave drive. Minitools Partition Wizard can delete the partition because it's nothing to do with the RUNNING system. Disk Management artificially prevents its deletion, probably to prevent issues in a dual-boot configuration.

Oh... yes..

But diskpart I think can handle this, but you're right the GUI wont.

 

[HCHTech]

This is a good discussion - I've got an application server VM that is running low on space for the C: drive. 200GB seemed fine when it was new, but after several new softwares were loaded over a few years, it's just not. Can't grow the partition in disk manager for the reasons already discussed.

 

[Sky-Knight]

This is a good discussion - I've got an application server VM that is running low on space for the C: drive. 200GB seemed fine when it was new, but after several new softwares were loaded over a few years, it's just not. Can't grow the partition in disk manager for the reasons already discussed.

This is a perfect use case for gparted.

Power down the VM, and make a snapshot/checkpoint. Make sure your backups of the VM are solid for good measure.

Edit the virtual disk to be larger.
Boot the VM to a GParted ISO.
Move the partition that's in the way to the end of the new volume.
Save and exit.
Reboot to Windows.
Grow C.

I always grow filesystems from within the OS in question, it's safer!

 

[fincoder]

But diskpart I think can handle this

I'll try that next time.