Minitool Partition Wizard Disk Too Small

Why do you need to resize partition?

Resizing partition means to change the size of a partition as you like, eitherextend it or shrink it. But when you shrink a partition, you can at most shrink itto the size of its used space so that you can use the partitions with moreflexibility. For example, you can store applications or files on any one of thepartitions. If the partition is running out of space, you can extend it with thespace shrunk from other partitions. Besides, you can create new partition with theroom get from other partitions.

Hello, I just installed a 120gb ssd which has 111.8 GB free and by minitool partition wizard I try to migrate OS only to ssd. The problem is that I get the message 'The specified disk is too small'. Migrating OS only doesn't move windows files only? If yes then why my windows folder. All-in-one Free Partition Magic. As the best free disk partition software favored by over tens of millions of users, MiniTool Partition Wizard Free helps users to repartition hard drive, format partition, check file system, align SSD partition, measure SSD performance, convert FAT to NTFS, etc. Aiming to become the most powerful free partition manager in the long term, it keeps offering ever. MiniTool Partition Wizard helps free resize partition (enlarge partition or shrink partition), move FAT32/NTFS partition in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8. Then, When I get to the Select Destination Disc, the OCZ is greyed out because the Main Partition on the HDD is bigger than the whole SSD. What do I do now?? Last time I ran Partition Wizard to Compress it, but that rendered the Windows Partition Unbootable on the HDD & SSD.

Here are several situations in which you would like to resize partition:

When you buy a new laptop or PC, it may have been pre-installed with a system andcome with a big C drive but small data partitions, or a small C drive but large datapartitions. No matter which one it is, you will find it cannot make full use of diskspace.
When the computer has been used for a long time, you may have encountered themessage: the system drive is running out of space.
If Windows 10 upgrade failed with error “Couldn’t update system reservedpartition”, the most likely cause is the system resvered partition is too small.Then you can extend system reserved partition.

For example, once when I was downloading a player online, following the installationsteps without setting the destination, a message came saying that my c disk has notenough space to install the application. Thus, I have to either reset thedestination or give up my intention. Therefore, later, I was used to set d or fpartition as the destination to avoid such problem following the advice of myfriends.

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I know I can extend my c drive with Windows self-contained function but I didn’t know how for it seems very difficult. Being neither a computer professional nor acomputer lover, I’m usually been caught by problems. It is extremely annoying! Butnow, I’m not troubled by such problems anymore with AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Ithelps me manage my disks very well with its intuitive interface and simple steps. Bythe way, it is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 7.

Before you do

Check the partitions you want to resize and make sure there is no error.
Do not forcibly terminate the tasks or cut off the power or you might lose yourdata.
Close all running applications on the partitions you want to resize.
More detailed information, you could view the tutorial “How to Safely Partition?”

Resize partition with Partition Assistant

Case 1: Extend Partition

To extend partition means increase partition size; you should notice two pointsbelow:
There must be an unallocated space locating on the same hard disk as the partitionyou want to extend. If there's no unallocated space, you could shrink otherpartition to generate the unallocated space.
The unallocated space should be adjacent to the partition you want to extend, nomatter it is before the target partition or behind it. If not, you could use thefeature 'Move Partition' to adjust the position of it.
Step 1. Install and launch AOMEIPartition Assistant. In the main console you could view the whole partitionconfiguration. In this demonstrator, there is an unallocated space behind C drive.Then, right-click the partition (here is C drive) you want to extend and select'Resize Partition'.
Step 2. In the pop-up window, position the mouse pointer on the right border of thepartition and drag the border rightwards to extend partition. Then click 'OK'.(If there's no unallocated space beside the partition, you could not drag theborder).
Step 3. Then it will back to main console and you could preview the partition beextended. Click the 'Apply' on the toolbar to commit the operation.
AOMEI Partition Assistant also allows you to extend a partition even withoutunallocated space or contiguous unallocated space, please refer to how to allocate free space, how to use extend partitionwizard or how to merge partitions.
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The Merge partitions feature will not work on system reserved partition. If youwant to extend system reserved partition, you can Move the unallocated space to theright side of the system reserved partition and then select Resize Partition.

Case 2: Shrink Partition

Shrinking partition could help you release some unused space from one partition andget some unallocated space. After that, you could make new partitions and/orincrease other partition size with the unallocated space.

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Step 1. Install and launchAOMEI Partition Assistant. In the main console you could view the whole partitionconfiguration. Then, right-click the partition (here is D) which you want to shrinkand select 'Resize Partition'.
Step 2. In the pop-up window, position the mouse pointer on either border of thepartition and drag the border rightwards or leftwards to shrink partition. Thenclick 'OK'.
Step 3. Then it will go back to main console, and you could preview the unallocatedspace beside the partition. Click the 'Apply' on the toolbar to commit theoperation.

Note:

  • The partition shrinking operation will be performed under PreOS Mode and your computer willreboot when:
  • Shrink a partition on which the page file or AOMEI Partition Assistantinstallation file is on.
  • Shrink a partition where applications are running. AOMEI PartitionAssistant will suggest you close them or perform partition shrinkingoperation under PreOS Mode.

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Copying between different size

It is strongly suggested making the destination disk the same size or larger than the source disk. However, Disk Copy also partly supports copy from a larger source disk to a smaller destination disk.

Identical or small-to-large

If source disk and destination disk are of the same size, Disk Copy creates an absolutely identical copy. If the source is smaller than the destination, Disk Copy copies only the data that is available on the source. The data is copied from the beginning of the source onto the beginning of the destination disk. The area at the end of the destination disk, which is larger than the source, remains unaffected.

You will get additional unallocated space after copy if the destination disk is bigger than the former one. You can create a new partition or just resize the copied partition to make use of the additional space. It needs a special partition tool to do this, and EaseUS Partition Master is recommended.

Large-to-small

If the source disk is bigger than the destination disk, disk copy may or may not succeed. If the last partition's last sector on the source disk is in the range of the destination disk, the disk copy operation will succeed, otherwise, it will fail.

If disk copy succeeds, the data is copied from the beginning of the source to the beginning of the destination disk. The data larger than the destination disk is not copied and is missing from the destination disk.

A Large-to-small copy is suitable if you make sure before copying that all valid or necessary data is in the front part of the source disk and that this area is not larger than the destination disk. This also applies if you have copied a smaller source onto a larger target and if you copy back the unchanged data onto the original disk or onto a destination disk of the corresponding size.

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You can not copy a larger dynamic, GPT or unrecognized disk to a smaller destination disk, because a part of dynamic or GPT disk means null.

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