How to Increase Partition Size

"I just bought a new HP computer with 500G hard disk in one partition. I am very happy with my new computer, however, I need to split partition. So I found a partition management software called Acronis. I tried it on my old computer to increase the C disk size, which was always warned that at low disk risk. It did an excellent job. The following are instructions supplement to its online help. "

You might need to increase partition size if there is no free space to install new applications or store data. Acronis Disk Director Suite can help you to enlarge a partition by using free space of other partitions.

What is Acronis Disk Director Suite?

Acronis Disk Director Suite is hard disk drive management software for windows that can create, resize, covert, copy, delete, merge, split, and format partitions. For more information about Acronis Disk Director Suite and the most recent version, go to http://www.acronis.com/ .

How to increase a partition size using Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0

The following are step-by-step procedures to increase a partition size by using free space of another partition:

1. Install and run Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0.

2. In the Wizards tab, click Increase Free Space.


3. In the Partition lists, click to select a partition that you want to increase the free space and click Next.


4. Click to select a partition that you want to take space from and click Next.


5. Do one of the following to specify the partition size and then click Next:

• Move the slider
• In the Partition size box, enter a desired value.

6. Review your hard disk structure and click Finish.

7. In the Operation menu, click Commit.

A dialog box appears asking you to reboot your computer in order to perform the operation.

8. Click OK.

Acronis reboots your computer and adjusts your partition size. It will restart your computer automatically after having increased the partition size.