As we know Android and iOS threat the dominant position of Windows in some aspects. Seeing this situation, Microsoft releases a series of Windows operating systems, and Windows 8 which will be released is a big achievement. To a certain extent, we can say Windows 8 is the savior of Microsoft, for this operating system adds many new functions, such as support ARM, offer brand new immersive Metro-style interface, provide faster boot-up speed and running speed, and support file encryption. Since we can browse net resources and run application programs more quickly in Windows 8, we often download important or useful programs, multimedia files, games, and other resources to our computer. For sake of convenience, we are used to storing the same kind of data on a certain partition. As time goes by, the partition may be out of space. As a result, we are unable to store new data to this partition. Under this situation, what should we do?

Some users may think of using Windows 8 built-in disk management tool to resize Windows 8 partition. Resizing partition for Windows 8 is a good idea. However, although Windows 8 built-in disk management tool improves a lot in function, you will find it is also unable to meet actual demands for Windows 8 disk management after using it. But luckily, third-party partition magic can help us solve this problem easily. As long as we own an excellent partition magic, we can resize Windows 8 partition (include Extend and Shrink) successfully and easily. Nevertheless, much partition magic does not support Windows 8 since it is the latest Windows operating system, which increases the difficulty in finding excellent partition magic for Windows 8. In order to help users save time spent in finding partition magic for Windows 8, I recommend the free partition magic MiniTool Partition Wizard. This free partition magic not only supports Windows 8 perfectly but also has quite powerful Windows 8 disk management functions. Now, let me take resizing partition for Windows 8 as an example.

Resize Windows 8 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard
Before using this free partition magic, we should own it at first. If you haven't equipped your computer with the software, please download it from http://www.partitionmanagerserver.com. Then, install it to the partition where we will not perform any operation. Next, run it to resize Windows 8 partition.



Right click the partition needing to be resized and click "Move/Resize" button from the shortcut menu. Then, this free partition magic skips to the next interface:



Since we are going to extend partition for Windows 8, we need to drag the right triangle rightwards or input exact value to the textbox of "Partition Size". Then, click "OK" to enter the following interface:



The interface shows Windows 8 partition has been extended, but this is just a preview effect. After confirming operation, we only need to click "Apply" button to perform all operations.
Windows 8 is really an excellent operating system, but it still has defects in Windows 8 disk management. If you want to optimize Windows 8 performance, equip your Windows 8 with the free partition magic MiniTool Partition Wizard.