Comparison in shrinking partition with disk management tool and partition magic

• Users who have experience of partition management may know a new function has been added to the built-in disk management tools of Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, namely "Shrink Volume", and this function can help users reduce partition capacity.
  
  
  
  We can shrink partition by using the function "Shrink Volume", but early system built-in disk management tools do not have partition management competence. And I believe users who have shrunk partition by using this function know it has a big defect, unable to shrink partition backwards. In short, the shrunk space is located behind the partition.
  
  Many users may think the functions "Shrink Volume" and "Extend Volume" of this tool can resize neighboring two partitions. Actually, in practical operations, we will find the real operation is different from what we imagine. Although the function "Extend Volume" can extend partition indeed, it can not extend partition by using the unallocated space before this partition. That is to say the shrunk space got by using the function "Shrink Volume" can not be used to extend the back partition, which reflects the defect of system built-in disk management tool. If we want to perform better partition management, only built-in disk management tool is not enough. And we also need a third party partition magic like MiniTool Partition Wizard.
  
  Advantages of MiniTool Partition Wizard
  Maybe, many users are curious about what advantages MiniTool Partition Wizard has compared with system built-in disk management tool. For this question, users just need to visit the website http://www.resize-partition.com/ to download and install it. After running it, we will get the answer. First, this partition magic has more comprehensive partition management functions which can realize many operations that system built-in disk management tool can not accomplish, such as merge partition, move partition, covert file system, and change cluster size. Of course, apart from functions system built-in disk management tool does not have, the same kinds of functions have differences. For example, there is no limitation to the function of extending partition and shrinking partition for MiniTool Partition Wizard. Well then, let's see its function of shrinking partition:
  
  
  
  In the above main interface, select the partition which needs shrinking, and then click "Move/Resize" button.
  
  
  
  In this interface, we can shrink partition by dragging triangles on both sides of the partition handle.
  
  
  
  After finishing adjustment, please click "OK" to go back to the main interface:
  
  
  
  The main interface shows us that F partition has been shrunk. Nevertheless, this is just a preview effect, and what we still need to do is click "Apply" to apply operations. After that, we shrink partition successfully.
  
  After seeing the demonstration, we can see advantages of MiniTool Partition Wizard compared with system built-in disk management tool. What are you waiting for?
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How to shrink partition/split partition for Windows XP?

When one partition is too large, most users will try to split this partition into two or more small partitions. This is a good solution because it can promote disk usage rate and improve data security. In addition, it also facilitates users to save different files to different classification. However, to split one large partition into two smaller partitions is not that easy. For Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 8, the built-in disk management tool has the function of shrink partition. But Windows XP system built-in disk management tool has no such function. Even though Command Prompt tool can help users to realize this operation, it is too complex for common users. Therefore, the best solution to this problem is partition magic. The powerful partition management functions of partition magic can easily help users to shrink large partition and then create new small partition. Next, let me show you a detailed demonstration of using partition magic to split partition for Windows XP.

Shrink partition
First, visit http://www.partitionmagic.biz to download this partition magic and install it to the partition that we are not going to operate so that we can avoid rebooting computer. Launch it to enter the following interface:



In this main interface of partition magic, we can check disk condition and partition allocation state. Select target partition and click "Move/Resize" button to start work:



In this interface, we can drag the partition handle border to shrink this partition. From the interface we can see that this partition magic is much more flexible than system built-in disk management tool.



After shrinking, click "OK" button to return to main interface:



Here, we can see that the original partition L: has been successfully shrunken. And there are two pieces of unallocated space at both sides of this partition. With the "Create" function of this partition magic, we can easily realizing splitting partition for Windows XP. After setting, remember to click "Apply" button to execute.

After reading this demonstration, you mush have learnt something about this partition magic. This only shows a small part of its comprehensive functions. For more detailed information about it, please visit the given website.