

Again, won't know if it happens or how often until after 8/2/16. Some of the Insider builds of 10 added a 2nd Recovery partition, meaning ~500GB of wasted space. Windows 10 adds a Recovery wim file, which is an image file containing the basic stuff needed to perform a reset etc. Won't know if history repeats itself until after 8/2/16. There were some people reporting problems when 10 came out, & again with that November update, with errors pointing to the 1st, boot partition being too small. While 10 works fine with a MBR formatted disk, Microsoft recommends a GPT disk formatted with 4 partitions. The Anniversary Update will start to roll out August 2nd, & like the November 2015 update, it will be a complete new Windows install. RE: Windows 10, & why it might not be a bad idea to have partitioning software installed. And since I believe in that sort of backing up, I've not used partitioning software to move a partition in a decade+ - I just delete the partition I want to move, extend the partition I want to extend, & restore the backup of the deleted partition in the remaining space. Whatever software you use, before doing anything with partitions I strongly suggest backing up with a full disk or individual partition image backups that you know you can restore, because s*** happens. That driver makes up the bulk of the added registry entries. Macrorit Partition Extender Pro itself is a small app that installs to the Macrorit\ Partition Extender\ folder, with 3 files added to C:\Windows, & 2 to Windows\ System32, which includes a driver. Why focus on "best data moving algorithm"? Because to extend a partition into a following partition's territory, that following partition has to be moved to make room, regardless its final size.


Partition Extender provides powerful features that enable users to extend system partition with unique data protection technology and best data moving algorithm." And that's where Macrorit Partition Extender Pro comes in.įrom the opening paragraph of the app's web site or page: ". And a pie chart is maybe a useful image to have in mind when talking about hard drive partitions - for one slice to become larger, another slice must become smaller. I think everyone's seen pie charts - they're popular because each "slice" shows its percentage of the total.
