I want to resize my C: partition (which is taking up all of my 160GB hard drive) and install Vista alongside XP Home. However, when I view the HDD with Paragon Partition Manager 8 (this also happens with Gparted), it shows 7.5 MB of unallocated space (see attachment). If I want to resize C: and make a new partition with the free space, that 7.5 MB won't be there anymore.
My question is if I resize C: and make a new partition and the 7.5 MB isn't there anymore, will that affect the HDD? Does the hard drive need that space to operate? This may sound trivial but I don't want to destroy the existing partition (C:).
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I want to resize my C: partition (which is taking up all of my 160GB hard drive) and install Vista alongside XP Home. However, when I view the HDD with Paragon Partition Manager 8 (this also happens with Gparted), it shows 7.5 MB of unallocated space (see attachment). If I want to resize C: and make a new partition with the free space, that 7.5 MB won't be there anymore.
My question is if I resize C: and make a new partition and the 7.5 MB isn't there anymore, will that affect the HDD? Does the hard drive need that space to operate? This may sound trivial but I don't want to destroy the existing partition (C:).
TIA :)
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