win 10 resize partition

[xirokx]

Hi

I am in the process of reinstalling a new ssd with Win 10

I am worried that I may over or under allocate drive space for example if I allocate 100g for C: and then later want to increase or decrease it is that an option? Also does it mean I need to leave some space on the SSD unallocated? or can I simply borrow 25- 50g from another partition so long as its free and allocate that to my C:

Also I plan on having a VM machine on my C: too that will have a copy of Win XP and Win 7 and possibly 8, does this mean the VM will automatically install them to my C: ??

I have 500g to play with and was thinking of going:

c: 100g
d: progs 50g
e: 350g

However I was thinking of giving C: 150g but not sure if I can decrease the partition size later on...How would you proceed so you can allocate extra storage from an unallocated pool on the same ssd if one exists in the longer run if needed or decrease the size of a partition if no longer required.

Really need some help and advice with this please?

 

[xirokx]

Just make 1 partition.. Space must be contiguous to allow resizing of partitions... Also the space must be in the right place.... You would need a 3rd party tool to move all the data along

so you mean something like this:

c: 100g
d: 400g

thats just one partition then right? I don't see the point of this? Please explain

Are you saying to play around with space is tricky because it has to be in the right place so to best to avoid?

 

[xirokx]

I'd just create 1x 500gb partition (why would you want several?)

in case of a virus or corruption of OS then only the OS needs reinstalling and to avoid loss / corruption of data in the same occurence