With Windows built in disk management tool, you can resize, create, delete and format hard disk partitions while Windows is running. For most tasks the disk management utility works fine with no need for additional software. I've used the disk management tool over the years for various functions, and a recent hard disk drive crash reminded me how convenient and useful many of the tools that ship with Windows can be.
When I ran across this excellent article about using the disk management utility in Windows 7, 8, and 10 I just had to pass it along. It's very well done, and what really I like is that it has directions for Windows 7, 8 and 10.
How to manage partitions with the Disk Management tool, in Windows
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Yes, the Windows Disk Management tool does a fine job.
But any of the softwares in the section "Best Free Partition Management Software" will do better (see URL below). In particular, they enable a user to do multiple steps in one go, which is a real time-saver.
Example: reduce size of C: drive; move D: drive down to occupy that newly-vacant space; extend E: drive to take up the space left vacant by D.
Indeed, the Windows tool cannot do a "move" operation at all. It has to do it in steps: extend size on one end; when that is complete, then shrink size on the other end.
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