Extending Vista partition

[Mamamegs]

I'm trying to extend my Vista partition but the option is greyed out,
even though there's adjoining unallocated space.
Funny thing is that I can shrink the Vista partition and extend any
other partition on the disk. How can I extend the Vista partition?
BTW, is there a third-party partition manager available for Vista?

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[Saucy]

I suspect you are talking about either or both the boot or system
partitions[they are usually one and the same, although not necessarily] and
there are restrictions on those partitions i.e. no reformatting (from
Windows, anyway), no deleting and so on.

'Thems the breaks. Perhaps a third party software(s) can do the trick if you
want to risk it?

[Avanquest Vcom - Makers of Partition Commander]
http://www.v-com.com/

 

[Russ]

I don't think you can do that if its the Boot\System partition. I was able
to do this when I had a 2gig boot partition (c:\) and Vista was installed
from there to a logical partition (d:\). I think if you convert your disk to
Dynamic it is possible to extend a Boot\System partition??.

Read this: Before you attempt to extend a simple volume, there are a few
things you need to keep in mind. A primary partition becomes a simple volume
when the disk is converted from basic to dynamic. However, if the simple
volume was created before the disk was converted to dynamic it can not be
extended. A simple volume can only be extended if the simple volume was
created after the disk was converted to dynamic. A simple volume that was
originally a primary partition can not be extended and you can not extend
the system or boot volume.

And this: If the disk does not contain boot or system partitions, you can
extend the volume into other non-boot or non-system disks, but the disk will
be converted to a dynamic disk (if it can be upgraded).

 

[Jane C]

Is the adjoining unallocated space to the left or to the right of your Vista
partition? You can extend a partition to the right, not to the left.