# Re-partitioning the hard drive - what's the best way to do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-partitioning-the-hard-drive-whats-the-best-way-to-do-it/508525 "2009-09-01T19:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-partitioning-the-hard-drive-whats-the-best-way-to-do-it/508525/21 "2009-09-07T08:10:24Z")
Gparted has their own free bootable CD. [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php) This thread reminds me that I need to download it so I can enlarge my 4GB XP partition, instead of just using software to view my Linux ones. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-partitioning-the-hard-drive-whats-the-best-way-to-do-it/508525/22 "2009-09-08T12:11:59Z")
Thanks everyone. I bit the bullet and did it yesterday - first backing up the entire drive to my brand spankin’ new 1TB external drive (man oh man is disk space cheap nowadays!) and then using the EASEUS thingy to re-partition. I did end up having to buy the software because the freeby version didn’t work with 64 bit systems, but it was only $30 so no biggie. It worked like a charm. Now I have an additional 15GB on my C: drive for idiot software apps to use up with their uninstallation scripts, data files, non-movable libraries, and all that good stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-partitioning-the-hard-drive-whats-the-best-way-to-do-it/508525.md?page=1)