Working with Volumes

In earlier versions of Windows, your choices for resizing volumes and partitions after they have been created are limited. If you need to add space to a volume, your only choice is to make the disk a dynamic disk and then create a spanned volume. If you want to expand or contract a partition, your only choice is to use third-party tools. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, however, you can now expand and contract volumes without data loss and without requiring a reboot.