How to use Vista to non-destructively adjust hard disk partitions?

Problem Description
How to use Windows Vista to change the hard disk partition without loss?

Solution
Under normal circumstances, if you want to adjust the partition of the hard disk, you must re-partition, so you will have to delete all the data on the hard disk, in fact, in the new version of the operating system In Windows Vista, there is a function of non-destructive adjustment of the hard disk partition. It can adjust the partition without losing the data in the partition. This makes it easy for us to adjust the size of the hard disk partition at any time, but this function can only be used in NTFS files. Partition of the system format.
1, if your computer uses the FAT32 file system, then we can use a command to perform lossless conversion. Log in to the computer as an administrator, press the "Win key + R" key combination to open the "Run" window, enter "cmd" and press Enter to open the "Command Prompt" window, such as typing "convert i: /fs:ntfs" , can convert the FAT32 format I disk lossless to NTFS.

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Note: Important data before performing this operation, better have a backup, in order to avoid unnecessary losses.

2, enter the Vista system, right click on the "Computer" icon on the desktop to select the "Manage" item, and then expand "Storage? D Disk Management" in the "Computer Management" window that opens. Then, in the right window, select the partition that needs to be adjusted, such as G drive, and then right click on the partition to select "compressed volume".

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3, popup windows in the space to be adjusted, for example, we need to draw from G 975MB disk space, as long as that in the "Enter the amount of space compression" column Enter "975" in it, then click the "Compress" button, you can see more than 975MB of free space after the operation.

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4, we click on the right space in this free space to select "New Simple Volume", a creation wizard will pop up, click the "Next" button all the way Just create this free space as a new partition.

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5, if we want more than that of free space you just created merge into other partitions, it can be manipulated so. For example, we need to merge the available space into the G drive. Right click on the newly created partition to select “Delete Volume”, which will become the initial available space.

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6, then G is selected disk, select the "volume expansion" in the menu, the wizard will pop up a window, select the need to expand the space available at, Add it to the "Selected" column on the right, and then press the "Next" button to merge, is not very convenient.

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test environment: windows vista versions
Note: there is a risk of disk operations, be sure to back up your data before proceeding!