During the ten and more years after Microsoft Corporation released Windows XP in 2001, more and more users are used to using this software because of its ceaseless renewals. Although Microsoft Corporation released more Windows operating systems after releasing Windows XP, the majority of users are used to using Windows XP in their daily life and work. As Windows XP users, they must meet such a situation where partition disk is out of space. Under this situation, many users may delete some unimportant files, or transfer large files to other partitions. However, these are not the best way to solve Windows XP deficient partition capacity. , because these operations not only cost users much time but solve the problem of deficient space temporarily. After not a long time, partitions are out of space again. Therefore, when partitions in computers are out of space, users need to extend these partitions. If users want to extend Windows XP with its built-in partition tool, partition extending can not be realized. To realize Windows XP partition extending, users must the help of the third-party disk partition magic. In selecting the third-party disk partition magic, I recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard, a professional partition magic. Next, I will demonstrate how to extend Windows XP partition size with MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Extend partition for Windows XP with MiniTool Partition Wizard.
To extend partition for Windows XP with MiniTool Partition Wizard, we should visit its official website http://www.partitionwizard.com first to download this free software, and then install it on the very partition where we do not do any operation to avoid rebooting computers during operating process. After finishing installing, we run it to see the following interface.
This is the main interface of the software. If users want to extend Windows partition space, they must have enough unallocated disk space. If there is no unallocated space, users must shrink the partitions which have much free space. At first, we right click the partition needed to shrink, and then select "Move/Resize" in the popup menu to enter the next interface.
In this interface, we can shrink the partition by dragging the partition handle or inputting the wanted values in textboxes. After finishing operations, we click "OK" to go back to the main interface.
After going back to the main interface, we find partition list has changed and an unallocated space appears. Select the very partition needed to extend, and then click "Move/Resize" to enter the next interface. (Attention: partition extending can not be realized unless unallocated space and the partition needed to extend should be neighboring).
In this interface, we can add the unallocated space to this partition. After accomplishing operations, we click "OK" to go back to the main interface.
After going back to the main interface, we find the interface has changed. The original partition is adjusted. At the same time, there appear two pending operations in "Operations Pending" zone. At this time, we click "Apply" to perform all operations. After that, we will successfully extend partition for Windows XP.
Things MiniTool Partition Wizard users should know
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