How To Shrink & Extend A Partition (Volume) In Windows 7

With the Disk Management tool present in Windows 7 you can accomplish most of your hard disk partition related tasks such as create, attach and detach VHD easily. It’s much powerful than the XP Disk Management tool.

 shrink or extend partition

Few weeks back, we had covered how to formant a drive in Windows 7 and also how to create a new partition in Windows 7. This time, we will show you how to shrink and extend a partition in Windows 7 without using third-party partition tools.

Note: Please backup your crucial data before starting the procedure.

 

Here is how to shrink a volume in Windows 7:

1. Open Windows disk management by typing diskmgmt.msc in Start menu search box and hitting enter.

Windows 7 disk management

2. Now right-click on the volume that you want to shrink and select Shrink Volume option.

shrink volume

3. Enter the amount of disk space to shrink in MB.

Shrink volume step one

4. Click shrink button to start shrinking the volume.

 

5. You are done.

 

 

If you want to extend a volume by adding space from one or more additional disks, you can use Extend Volume feature present in disk management.

 

How to extend a volume in Windows 7:

1. Again, open disk management by typing either disk management or diskmgmt.msc in start menu search box and hitting enter.

 

2. Right-click on the volume that you want to extend and select Extend Volume option to open extend volume wizard. Click next to continue.

extend volume

extend volume wizard step one

3. Enter the amount of disk space that you want to add the current partition from available free space.

extend volume wizard

4. Click next to start extending your partition size.

 

5. Done.

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Posted September 2, 2010 – 4:38 pm in: Themes








After releasing six beautiful Windows 7 themes last week, the team behind Windows 7 personalization gallery is back with four new themes. Yes, the gallery has been updated again with new Taiwanese art themes and are ready to download now.

Choobies

Daydream

The four new themes are: Choobies, Daydream, LotsBears, and Nicole Doll. All these themes come with high-resolution (1900 x 1200) wallpapers.

LotsBears

Nicole Doll

Download and double-click on the theme file to apply













Posted September 2, 2010 – 9:55 pm in: Google Chrome








Four months after the release of Chrome 5.0 and three weeks after the release of 6.0 beta, the stable version of Chrome 6.0.472.53 is ready to download now to celebrate its second anniversary.

Google Chrome 6 Stable

As we have mentioned before in the Chrome 6.0 beta release post, Chrome 6.0 brings slight visual changes to toolbar and omnibox. Along with the old bookmarks, preferences, and themes, one can also sync Autofill data and extensions with this version of Chrome browser.

 

According to the official Chrome blog, Chrome 6.0 is three times

In Windows 7, changing a theme (themepack) is very simple even for a novice user. So, if you are sharing your user account with your family members or friends, you might want to prevent others from changing your favorite theme.

Prevent Users From Changing Windows 7 Theme step5

You can use any of the two methods given below to prevent others from changing your account theme. In the first method, we use the Local Group Policy Editor which is available only in Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions. And the second method can be used in all editions of Windows 7.

Method 1:

1. Type gpedit.msc in Start menu search area and hit enter to open Local Group Policy Editor… Continue reading

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