Partition my HDD whilst on windows

xraycat87 · 15 Oct 2012 at 21:45

Noob question, but I want to partition my HDD on my laptop whilst logged into windows so I can install the preview for windows 8 and see how it runs.

Can you do it through disk management? Completely forgot!

rpstewart · 15 Oct 2012 at 22:49

I'm pretty sure you can't do anything that drastic with the boot drive in disk management. Something like gparted, however, will let you do pretty much whatever you like

xraycat87 · 16 Oct 2012 at 07:53

And installing Windows 8 on the partition, windows boot will pick up on 2 OS's then?

JonoB · 16 Oct 2012 at 11:49

Try partition magic - should have a free trial going.

BluSky · 16 Oct 2012 at 12:02

I use EASEUS partition manager when editing partitions from within windows. It is fairly comprehensive and free, but I don't know if it will allow you to make changes to the boot drive while it is in use. You may be better off with a bootable tool like gparted as mentioned above.

xraycat87 · 16 Oct 2012 at 23:43

windows 8 works fine on the partition

hardly any apps though..including no spotify </3