Partition Windows XP 64 bit with free partition manager software

Is there any free partition manager for XP 64 bit? The answer is yes. EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition is a free 64 bit partition manager software for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 32 bit and 64 bit home users.

About Windows XP 64 bit system

Windows XP 64 bit edition was designed to run on Intel Itanium family of microprocessors in their native IA-64 mode. There are two versions of Windows XP 64 bit edition were released:

• Version 2002(Windows XP 64 bit edition for Itanium systems) - Released on October 25, 2001 and based on Windows XP codebase.
• Version 2003 (Windows XP 64 bit edition) - Released on March 28, 2003 and based on Windows Server 2003 codebase, which added support for the Itanium 2 processor.

This edition was discontinued in early 2005, after Hewlett Packard, the last distributor of Itanium-based workstations, stopped selling Itanium systems marketed as 'workstations'. As of July 2005, Windows XP 64 bit edition is no longer supported, and no further security updates were made available.

Despite this, Windows XP still takes a big market in Windows Operating Systems.

Why need partition manager software for Windows XP 64 bit users?

Unlike Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7, Windows XP 64 bit built-in Disk Management has no ability to extend and shrink partition. If there is no enough space on the partition, especially the system partition is low disk space, the computer will run very slowly. You can backup partition and restore it to a big partition to solve this issue, but it is a time-consuming job. Free partition manager - EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition can easily solve it, by just extending the XP 64 bit partition by simple steps.

How to partition Windows XP 64 bit with free partition manager?

As free partition manager for 64 bit and 32 bit system, EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition can resize partitions on Windows 64 bit and 32 bit system with simple operations safely by its "Resize/Move partition". Furthermore, EaseUS Partition Master can extend NTFS system partition without rebooting the computer.

The following is step-by-step instruction to extend system partition (C: drive).

1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master.

If there is no unallocated space behind the system partition, please follow the below steps. If there is unallocated space behind the system partition, please directly go to step 4.

2. Select partition E:, right click it, select "Resize/Move partition" and drag the partition handle leftwards to resize E drive. Then there will be unallocated space behind E: drive.

3. Move E: drive rightwards to let the unallocated space be behind the system partition (C: drive) and click OK.

4. Select the system partition (C: drive), right click it and select "Resize/Move partition", drag the partition handle rightwards to extend system partition (C: drive).

5. Click Apply.

For more detailed information, please visit resizing and moving partitions.

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