Expanding size of OS/Boot partition on a physical machine with Windows OS.

For expanding OS/boot partition on a physical machine having windows OS. Below are steps.


1) Remove page file from OS.
2) Ensure there is required free space on that disk.
3) Boot with USB XP.
4) From command prompt : run “diskpart”

Diskpart steps :

1. Select disk 0
2. Select partition 1
3. Extend

Done. After restarting machine we can re-create the page file on the OS again.