I have a Partitioned HD that I am having some troubles with and unsure if I can accomplish what I want to do, or if this will be a failed attempt and require a full restore of Windows 7 Enterprise after I Delete and recreate the Partition. Physical HD setup 1.C Drive Windows 7 Pro (205GB) 2 Blank Space (40GB) This was shrunken from the C drive to add to N drive 3 N Drive Windows 7 Enterprise (25GB) 4 S Drive Bitlocker Storage (186GB) My windows 7 Enterprise has been filled by none other than the infamous Winsxs Folder. It's a stupid design on Microsoft's part for holding 11GB of data when only thing installed is Office 2010, Adobe Pro 9, MS Security Essentials, Adobe Reader 10, and Cisco VPN Anyconnect client (which does not even equal 11GB of data). I have attempted the cleanup process from the Disk Cleanup from other forums about Winsxs folder, but this removes nothing in the Winsxs folder. I then figured since my Windows 7 Pro Partition was so big I would shrink it by another 40 GB to add to my Windows 7 Enterprise edition. After Shrinking the Pro I have 40GB of unallocated Diskspace in front of the Windows 7 Enterprise Partition. I can not find a way to move the Enterprise version ahead of the 40GB to extend the partition into this 40GB. (Pretty much I want to copy the N partition to the blank Partition and then extend over the 25GB that it originally was). I am hoping for a 3rd party program that might actually be able to do this for me instead of wiping out all my work and making me start over because of this Winsxs data flaw. Originally the Windows 7 Enterprise edition was just for creating an image for VHD, but I feel its much better than the Pro version and I wanted to use it as my Main OS. Also by Deleting the Enterprise version will I loose access to my S drive which is encrypted by the Enterprise OS version through Bitlocker? Thanks,

Look up "DLL Hell" some time if you want to start to see why WinSXS has become what it is today. There are historical reasons why it works the way it does. Regarding your problem... Gargantuan hard drives are so ridiculously cheap nowadays, why are you fooling with repartitioning your drive? Maybe doing some image backups then replacing hardware might be a better longer-term solution. -Noel

Hi, Thanks for the post. I would like to share the following document with you. Extends the volume with focus into next contiguous unallocated space. For basic volumes, the unallocated space must be on the same disk as, and must follow (be of higher sector offset than) the partition with focus. A dynamic simple or spanned volume can be extended to any empty space on any dynamic disk. Using this command, you can extend an existing volume into newly created space. So you cannot extend the unallocated space into partition D. Please use 3rd party disk tool to achieve your purpose such as Acronis Disk Director. http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/#overview Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information. Regards, Juke TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

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Hi, Since this is by design, you need to use the other tools to achieve your purpose, so I will mark my reply as "Answered". If you have further question on it, please feel free to let me know. You may also choose unmark this thread. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, Juke TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.