Make a windows partition larger?

I have a windows partition running XP in Boot camp with 10.8.2. (10.8 requires Win7 unless you upgrade to ML from Lion with an existing XP partition)
Is there an easy way for me to make the windows partition larger without wiping it out and reinstalling everything?

Paragon Camp Tune, it's $20

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there is 18gb left. is there a way of getting more space when I make the partition

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Can i make the partition larger?

Hello!
I just boot camped my macbook and it turns out windows needs a bit more space than I thought!
Does anyone know if there is a way to increase the size of my windows partition without doing it all over again?
Thanks!
C.Monster

Run Boot Camp on the OSx side and delete Windows partition and combine both partitions into one. Run Boot Camp again and follow the same path that you used to create the windows partition the last time however this time, create a larger one and then install windows.
Axel F.

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Additional information from Linc's post. Basically, only one additional partition can be added to a Fusion Drive and it resides on the HDD.
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confused, bothered and bewildered wrote:
can I run adobe master collection in a windows partition on a basic mbp 13" with only the intel chipset?
I want to install 16 gb ram but I don't think I can change the lack of video card. I wanted this basic machine because it has fairly long battery life. I don't need or want retina at this time. My model is the mid 2012 model. I am running the adobe collection for mac, I want to run the windows versions. Is it possible? What is the most ram I could access using something like fusion 5, assuming I could get fusion 5 to work? would it refuse to run because of the intel chipset and lack of video card?
If I'm wrong and there is a way to add a video card to this model, could some version of fusion and windows 7 access more than 2 gb operating ram?
What cost would I be incurring, and would it be cheaper to buy a windows laptop with more ram than I could access via a virtual machine?...
Fusion should work on your machine and if you put 16 GB of RAM in (see http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_160 0MHz_SDRAM), Fusion can access a good portion of that. Also, in a Virtual Machine, the guest OS is presented with Fusion's video card emulation, not what's in hardware on your Mac. Of course, finding Windows 7 now that Win 8 has been released could take some doing and the Win 8 Pro upgrade price is supposed to jump to $200 the end of the month. Add that to the price of Fusion and the extra RAM and you're beginning to get into the realm of low end real PC's.
As to cross platform, I assume you're aware of BootCamp (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461).

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