Windows Vista Tips - Managing Partitions Using Vista Disk Manager

To manage more than one partition, the software required 3rd party such as Partition Magic. Fortunately for those who already have windows vista as their operating system. After installing windows, no need to explore the application manager partition with the label "Certified for Windows Vista." Because Windows Vista already have their own partition management tool that is integrated called Vista Disk Manager. To use this feature, follow the steps below:

1. Click Start-> Control Panel-> Computer Management.
2. After the Computer Management console window opens, click the Disk Management which is located on the Storage panel on the left of the screen.
3. To change the size of hard disk partition, right-click on the partition and select shrink volume in the context menu that appears.
4. In the dialog box shrink, you are prompted to enter a new partition size in MB. Through this dialog box also tells you the size of the partition that will be modified.
5. If you've determined the size of the partition, click the shrink button.
6. To increase the size of the hard disk, right-click on the partition, and then select the Extended Volume on the context menu.
7. Extended Volume window will open. Click Next, then specify the location of the partition that you want to enlarge the size of partition, the new partition size you want, and click Next.
   
8. Partition will be directly tailored to the settings that have been previously determined.