Expanding windows 7 partition size ...

Hello,
I did some searching around and found several opinions / answers to the subject. I'm not sure which direction to take - one option being Paragon's CapTune software, and the other being the Disk Management Utility in Windows 7, which should allow you to expand the disk.
The reason for me posting is two-fold. I attempted the Disk Management option, and found that the 'Extend Volume' option is not available for my Bootcamped drive. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this and why it wouldn't work.
Also, any opinions on CampTune would be great.
What about VMWare Fusion? Could this alone expand a partition size?
I know this is a topic that has been spoken about (probably quite a bit), but I was hoping to get some more personal feedback. What is the best way to do this? If the answer is start over with Bootcamp, that is also acceptable.
Thank you,
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Message was edited by: daidalos62

Paragon. I'd buy the full Paragon Hard Disk Manager™ 2011 Suite
That includes cloning Windows to SSD, to another drive, CampTune (resizing) and HFS access. I used it over the weekend to move Windows to an SSD (but that was using dedicated drives, not hybrid Windows on Mac setup. Took all of 20 minutes and able to boot.
So you can always try backup both OS systems, and then restore each.
I'd say post on their forum, but threads and questions seem to go unanswered or very little activity and input, and of course quiet for 2 weeks holidays.
VMs are a totally different animal and nothing to help or do with partitioning.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-personal/

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