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So a while back I tried to dual-boot Windows 7 (primary OS) with XP in order to run some other stuff. To cut a long story short it didn't work and I had a useless 40GB partition on my main disk. So without thinking, I just deleted the volume thinking that it would resize my main partition to fill the space back to 320GB. But no, my C: volume still remains at 260GB and was almost full until I bought an external hard disk.

I tried following a guide for expanding the volume, but it won't let me make it any bigger. Does anyone have any clue how to expand my C: volume so that it sits at the 320GB mark again?


/Edit

Right, so I have just found out that there is 40GB of unallocated space which would explain why I couldn't expand C: any more. The only option I have though is to add a new simple volume.


Thanks in advance.

If Win7 boots like Vista, then you can't do that the way you're probably thinking. Different boot loaders.

Might want to try partition magic.

Did you try the Windows 7 Disk Management Utility? You can use it to shrink, expand, delete, and create partitions.

http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/05/12/how-to-resize-disk-partition-in-windows-7/

And I'll put this note here just in case:

Any damage (including file loss\corruption) that may result from my help is not my responsibility.