How Do I Increase the Size of my Bootcamp Partition?

[Methos]

I just created a 10 gig partition so I could play Civ V. I forgot how big Vista was and didn't realize how big Civ V is. Vista used up almost 9 gig and Steam is saying that Civ V requires 8 gig. Is it possible to increase the size of my partition without having to erase it and start all over?

I did some google searches, but everything I found was from between 2006 and 2008.

 

[AlanH]

You can change the partitioning on a Mac disk using /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Select the drive, and click the 'Partition' tab. Then use the graphic to drag the split lines around.

I don't know whether you can use it to change the BootCamp partition. I suspect you'd have to change the partitioning first, then use some Windows magic to tell Windows to use the extra space.

 

[Methos]

Thanks. I'll have to look further into whether Windows could take on the additional space available after adjusting the Mac partition. Hopefully its possible. If not, I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning.

 

[AlanH]

I run in Parallels. I needed more space for Civ5 as well. It took a couple of minutes - shut down my Windows VM; slid the disk space slider up in the VM Settings; Restarted the VM; then restarted it again because Windows decided it had found new hardware. Done. Now downloading the demo.

 

[Methos]

After further consideration of my needs, I'm just going to remove and recreate the partition.

I run in Parallels. I needed more space for Civ5 as well. It took a couple of minutes - shut down my Windows VM; slid the disk space slider up in the VM Settings; Restarted the VM; then restarted it again because Windows decided it had found new hardware. Done. Now downloading the demo.

I never could get Parallels 4 to work correctly with :civ4:. My SG games either wouldn't load, or would freeze up, so I just removed Parallels 4.

 

[AlanH]

Demo runs OK here in Parallels 6. It's a little slow to redraw terrain hexes when scrolling, but as I'm only using it for support, not to play in anger, it works well enough for me.