Expanding Boot Camp partition?

MythicFrost

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2010

• #1

Hey I'd like to expand my 40GB BC partition to a little larger, is that possible?

 

spinnerlys

Guest

• Jan 15, 2010

• #2

http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011016...e:forums.macrumors.com&hl=en&as_qdr=all&meta=

 

MythicFrost

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2010

• #3

Ah I see, thank you. It appears it's not as simple as I wanted, and is not worth the effort.

 

miles01110

macrumors Core

• Jan 15, 2010

• #4

MythicFrost said:

Ah I see, thank you. It appears it's not as simple as I wanted, and is not worth the effort.

Click to expand...

That's a pretty accurate summary, unfortunately.

 

MacDawg

Moderator emeritus

• Jan 15, 2010

• #5

Basically you have to...

1. Clone your current Boot Camp partition to an external drive using something like WinClone - it is free

2. Delete your current Boot Camp partition with Boot Camp Assistant

3. Create a new larger Boot Camp partition with Boot Camp Assistant

4. Restore your clone

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

balamw

Moderator emeritus

• Jan 15, 2010

• #6

Well you could give Paragon CampTune a try as mentioned in the guide which is stickied to the top of the forum (for crying out loud).

http://guides.macrumors.com/Extend_or_Resize_Boot_Camp_Partition

Don't attempt without a verified backup of your system though...

B

 

MythicFrost

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Jan 16, 2010

• #7

Ah thanks, it's still a bit too much effort for me though, I've just uninstalled Crysis: Warhead & Crysis Wars, which freed up a lot of space.

PS: I never even see stickies 😛