Ran out of space on my Windows Bootcamp Partition

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gkvicars1993 Author

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Ran out of space on my Windows Bootcamp Partition

Hit the dilemma where I've partitioned a Windows Drive, being an idiot I only allocated 50GB of space...

I'm happy to delete the partition and restore, however does this mean that i'll lose my Windows 7?

I bought Windows 7 through my University where I burnt an .iso file to a disk, but since I have already used the software once I'm worried if I restore the partition that i'll lose the liscence.

Does anyone as well know of a good tutorial to complete this task?

Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Had the Macbook Pro for over a year

Posted on Oct 15, 2012 9:52 AM

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Answer 1

Csound1

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Oct 15, 2012 12:23 PM in response to gkvicars1993

You will lose the content of your Windows partition when you remove the partition. After reinstalling Windows you may have to re-activate, take the 'telephone' activation option rather than online, you will have to answer a question during the activation.

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dalstott

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Oct 15, 2012 1:29 PM in response to gkvicars1993

Why not try Paragon CampTune.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/camptune/

Paragon Camptune X

For the first time, you can redistribute disk space in Mac in minutes!

In the past, to reallocate free space on your Mac, you’d need to back up the Boot Camp partition, delete the partition, recreate an NTFS partition with a new size and, finally, restore the Windows partition backup to the new NTFS partition, a process that could take anywhere between two to five hours. Fortunately, Paragon Software has developed Camptune X, which achieves the same result in a matter of minutes!

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Answer 3

Oct 27, 2012 11:10 AM in response to gkvicars1993

I had a similar problem, in that I set my Windows partition too small and didn't leave enough space for additional files. I downloaded Camptune X and followed the instructions. It brought up a graphic with a slide bar representing the partition. Quite easy to change the relative sizes of the partitions. I'm running Mountain Lion.

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dalstott

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Oct 27, 2012 7:41 PM in response to Mark Rudow

Mark,

I'm glad you posted your positive experience with CampTune x. Participants need this kind of follow up to believe there are real solutions to their problems. 🙂

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