Windows Tip: Shrinking XP partitions using diskpart
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises
The version of the diskpart command included in Windows Vista allows you to shrink partitions to free up space on your hard drive so you can create additional partitions. Unfortunately, the version of diskpart included in Windows XP doesn't include this functionality, so the usual way of shrinking XP partitions is to use a third-party tool like Symantec's Norton PartitionMagic.
If you have a Windows Vista product DVD around however, you can use Vista's version of diskpart to shrink partitions on a computer that has Windows XP installed. To accomplish this bit of magic, do the following:
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The version of the diskpart command included in Windows Vista allows you to shrink partitions to free up space on your hard drive so you can create additional partitions. Unfortunately, the version of diskpart included in Windows XP doesn't include this functionality, so the usual way of shrinking XP partitions is to use a third-party tool like Symantec's Norton PartitionMagic.
If you have a Windows Vista product DVD around however, you can use Vista's version of diskpart to shrink partitions on a computer that has Windows XP installed. To accomplish this bit of magic, do the following:
Read the full article here.
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