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Is it safe to resize partition in dual boot? (Hackintosh + Windows 10)

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Hi, I want to resize my main macOS partition and make it larger by shrinking the Windows partition, but I'm afraid that will break one thing or the other. Is it safe for me to do so? If so, how should I do it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Hi, I want to resize my main macOS partition and make it larger by shrinking the Windows partition, but I'm afraid that will break one thing or the other. Is it safe for me to do so? If so, how should I do it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Resizing partitions is not recommended - something always breaks. Best to got another drive and have each OS on a dedicated drive. Otherwise, the first OS on the disk, if partition is enlarged, will always mess up the second OS partition.
If unable to add drives, assuming Mac OS is installed first, then Windows, make a disk image of your Windows installation and copy to USD/CD/DVD. Use your favorite disk management tool to delete the Windows partition and enlarge the Mac OS partition. Create a new partition in the remaining space and restore the Windows image to the space.
 
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