I am using Vista operating system in my Laptop. But i have only 2 drives one is C and other is a recovery drive D. Now i want to partition the C drive but i don't know the proper process.

Anyone can help me?

Regards
Shumi

shumicpi,

there is no need of any other third party application such as Partition Magic, Disk Director or any other Partition Manager. Windows now has the inbuilt partition manager which is very easy to use.

Shrinking Windows Vista Partitions or partitioning:
This allows you to create a new partition or shrink any existing partition. Follow these steps.
Step 1: The options are available at %u2018Disk Management%u2019.

Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Double Click Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management.

Step 2: Now, right click the partition you want to shrink and select the shrink option.

Step 3: In the pop-up box, Enter the amount you want to shrink the partition by (By default, the maximum is entered).

Step 4: Click Shrink and That%u2019s it! Now you have a new partition to use. You can then right click the new partition and format it the way you want it.

You will get a new partition which is listed as unallocated as above. You can use that to create a new partition (right click and format) or use it to extend with already existing partition (Read extending windows vista partitions).

In case you are not extending and saving it as a new partition then, follow these steps.

Extending Windows Vista Partitions:
This allows you to extend a partition or merge two partitions. Follow these steps.
Step 1: The options are available at %u2018Disk Management%u2019.
Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Double Click Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management.

Step 2: Now, right click the partition you want to extend and select the extend option.

Step 3: Click Next in the Extend Volume Wizard.

Step 4: It will list all the free space available (unallocated partition) that you can add to the particular partition that you want to extend. If you don%u2019t have any unallocated partition, see above to check how to shrink a partition to get unallocated space.

Step 5: Select the amount of amount of space that you want to extend in by.

Step 6: Click Next and Confirm and Finish. That%u2019s it! You have extended the partition.

Goodluck