Recommended Partition Resizing software
 

So, I'm looking to resize the partitions on my main hard disk. I've done a bit of searching, but all the programs I've seen that claim to do this look kinda crap. Can anyone recommend one with confidence? Note that I'm essentially after the resizing aspect; I'm not looking to create new partitions or whatever.

Thanks in advance!

Partition Magic. Torrent it.

Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management

Is how I usually partition once in Windows XP

I've also used fdisk and cfdisk for linux when partitioning with much success. You might want to check out Hiren's Boot cd as it has quite a few nice partitioning programs (as well as other wonderful programs) that you may find helpful.

I've used Partition Magic Pro, Acronis Disk Director Suite, and Paragon Partition Manager from the boot cd all with success...

Partition Magic 8 still works perfectly. Also tried the latest Paragon offering since they had a free download/key event not too long ago.

Thanks for the suggestions. I downloaded Partition Magic 8, but have encountered a problem that perhaps someone can help me with. =.="

So, I've got 3 partitions on my hard disk: C drive is "WINDOWSXP" (19.6GB); E drive is "GHOST" (19.5 GB); and F drive is "STORAGE" (72.6 GB). The problem is that I'm very low on space on my storage drive, which is what I use to store music and stuff (I have everything on an external hard drive also, but I'd still like more room on my storage partition). My E Drive has about 10 GB unused, and this will probably never be used. So in summary, I want to take some of the memory from my E drive (logical, FAT32) and add it to my F drive (logical, FAT32).

The problem is that when I designate how much space I want to take from my E drive, the only option it gives me is to add that space to my C drive. I want to add it to my F drive but I'm getting the feeling that's not possible. (I'm not very computer-savvy, sorry)

So will I have to, like, buy some more memory for my computer or something? Or can this be done? :P

Scrap all that foolishness. I just figured out to do it. It seems I was choosing the partition I wanted to take memory from first. When I picked my F drive first and determined how much memory I wanted it to gain, I was set. I got a good 15 GB extra now, so that should keep me content for a while.

=.=" Silly me. Thanks for the suggestions, by the way! :)

Solved, but a worthy addition still. I've used it for everything.

GParted -- LiveCD

And GParted can do nondestructive resizing of NTFS partitions? If so, that's perfect.

resize partitions without reboot
 

I was running out of space on my vista partition, after I searched in google, I found EASEUS Partition Master can resize partitions without reboot the computer. It is free for windows home users, I have tried it and it works well.

Okay, so someone bumped up a dead thread, but Windows Vista (and 7) Disk Management can resize partitions on the fly. It was one of the pleasant surprises I had when fiddling with my Windows 7 laptop.

You may need a good disk defragmenter to consolidate free space beforehand, though.

How is the Win7 defrag utility by the way? Do I have to hunt down my disc for O&O Defrag again?

It didn't do the job of moving stubborn "system" files. I downloaded a demo of PerfectDisk, and it worked like a charm. I was able to painlessly split a single 500GB partition into a system partition that is 50 GB large, the rest of the space goes to a partition devoted to more volatile things. (I plan to make an image of the system partition to facilitate future reformats).