Windows 10 Partition Management software, to move space from to another?

NeilF · 13 Jun 2018 at 21:23

I want to move 100GB+ from my E partition to my D partition... Is there a free program to do this, obviously without losing data on the disc/partitions etc.

I used to do it 5-10yrs ago, so I know it's was possible.

NeilF · 15 Jun 2018 at 09:43

APM said:
Shrink and Extend,

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...artition/914938c2-a0f7-4ad0-9730-230ac6fe38ba

Thanks... I'll take a look... But that doesn't sound sofisticated enough?

ie: I want to drag the end of D and start of E across more into E. This would require all the data in that section of E being moved to further into E, then D claiming that section of E.

From looking at that article I don't get any impression of Windows 10 doing that!?

NeilF · 16 Jun 2018 at 10:22

APM said:
What is the data?

Is it storage or programs?

What size drive is it?

Is it only one physical drive?

Mixtures of programs and data on D and E...

Yes, D and E are partitions on the same drive.

NeilF · 16 Jun 2018 at 11:28

bledd said:
Mini partition wizard.

Take a full system image backup first (veeam Endpoint or Macrium Reflect)

I do monthly images.. Across three mediums... With one offsite

Now... Onto resizing that partition. There must be an app to simply do it as I was doing it 10+ years ago with the apps back then moving all the data to make space one partitiion to eat into the space of another all seeminglessly...

NeilF · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:35

bledd said:
Yeah, the one I said.

https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Doh! Missed that sentence!

Many thanks!

NeilF · 17 Jun 2018 at 12:51

marc2003 said:
I'd never trust any resizing/moving app without backups.... and since you have backups, deleting and recreating the partitions will be far faster and safer. I really don't see the point in what you're trying to do.

Because it'll probably be easier/quicker?

I was doing it 10yrs ago, and it was easy/quick then