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Learn how to solve the problem that Windows cannot format the system partition on the disk Windows 10/8/7. This article will introduce you two ways to format C drive of Windows 10. Advice on 'best' partition size for Win 10 OS drive In the old days, Dell partitioned 60GB for C drive with 190GB for the D drive. Though MS stated 30GB for Vista, my C drive was running out of space pretty soon.
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Now C: Drive has 100gb. I shrunk other drive and freed up of 10gb and now I want to extend my system drive by that 10gb. Means I want C: Drive to be of 110gb. But when I right click on C: Drive it's not showing the option Extend volume. Then how can I extend?
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Disk Management in Windows 10 can’t always help you to extend system partition successfully. Because the function of Extend Volume is only available when there is unallocated space next to C drive, otherwise the button will gray out. Furthermore, you aren’t allowed to move partition with Disk Management in Windows 10 therefore, if you can’t satisfy the precondition, it is impossible for you to extend C partition. I am facing the same issue. I managed to secure some space in my next logical drive i.e., D drive but the button is still grayed out.
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have you found a solution to this yet? I am having same issue. I have a drive D that has 280GB unused space that I would like to move to C drive in order to extend C. however when I shrink D, the unallocated space is next to D and not able to extend to C. any recommendations?
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I have two NTFS partitions, C and D. My C drive contains all the common folders (Documents, downloads, music, pictures, videos) as well as the OS, boot, page file and crash dump, and is almost full. My D drive only has a bunch of dll files, and 280GB free space. I wish to shrink D by about 200GB and extend C by the same 200 GB. However, using the Disk Management utility, when I shrink D by 200GB, I show 200GB unallocated. However I am unable to access the 200GB unallocated to extend C, since it is not next to C. How do I make the extra unallocated space available for C partition?
see the pic for a view of my Disk management screen.
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This was not answered; he wanted to know how to extend his OS drive. He did not want to SHRINK it. It is almost one year later and still no answer. Was it solved in one of the updates that are only issued every once in awhile.
Please help sooner rather than later
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This was not answered; he wanted to know how to extend his OS drive. He did not want to SHRINK it. It is almost one year later and still no answer. Was it solved in one of the updates that are only issued every once in awhile.
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Microsoft community is good for nothing. They have only 2 options to reply. 1: No reply. 2: Try to reboot your system/ Try to reinstall the OS.. Very supportive.. Really..??
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You need to shrink D
Then you need to move D up to the end of the drive ***
This gives you the free space before D
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Then you need to move the Recovery partition up next to D
This will give you the free space next to C and allow you to expand C
*** I don't think the Windows Disk Manager allows you to move partitions up and down the physical drive. if it doesn't, then you need a different partition manager such as Easus Partition Manager Free. A quick Google produced a list of 10 available free.
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Post by Munshi Majid Ali helped me resolve my issue. As I had very few files in the adjacent drive ( D: ), I moved them to another drive ( F: ). Delete drive D: to free up space next to C: Voila..!!! I was able to extend C: . Hope this helps.
P.S: Space beside C: was not occupied by recovery like in andynan 's post
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Yes, Jiby John! Thanks a lot for this trick.. This perfectly works! Free up space right NEXT to C drive by deleting the volume next to C and there you go! EXTEND option is not gray anymore!.Thanks a lot
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Windows 10 partition resize allows you to resize hard drive partitions under Windows 10 32 bit and 64 bit OS. This article will show you how to resize Windows 10 partition.
Can Partition Magic resize Windows 10 partition
No. Partition Magic runs on Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP, but Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 and Windows 10 are not supported by Norton Partition Magic.
Can Windows 10 built-in Disk Management resize Windows 10 partition
Yes. Windows 10 built-in Disk Management has the ability to shrink volume and extend volume. Just right click on 'My Computer', choose 'Manage', and you will get a popup window, choose 'Disk Management' in the left navigation bar. And then, your hard disk condition will show as follow.
Then you need to right click on the partition which you want to shrink, and choose 'Shrink Volume', then type a number how much disk space you want to free up.
When there is some unallocated space next to the partition that you want to extend and right-click the partition that you want to extend, choose 'Extend Volume', and type the number of that unallocated space. Then Windows 10 partition resize is done.
Although there is some improvement of the Disk Management Tool in Windows 10, it still has many limitations in partition management. (Please refer to the comparison table below). Because some advanced partition management in Windows 10 is still unavailable when you find your system partition is out of space which will be in red as below:
In this condition, people have to seek the best partition manager software for Windows 10. EaseUS Partition Master, a comprehensive free hard disk partition manager, and system optimization software for Windows-based administration works well with Windows 10.
EaseUS Partition Master VS Disk Management Built-in Windows 10
So that's the main differences between EaseUS Partition Master and Windows 10 Disk Management Tool.
How to resize Windows 10 partition with EaseUS Partition Master
EaseUS partition manager offers a simple and convenient way to repartition hard drive partitions, EaseUS Partition Master runs well on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Say, it enables you to extend the system partition, Create, Delete, Resize/Move, Copy, Merge, Split or Format partition.
Step 1: Locate the drive/partition
Which drive/partition do you want to adjust its size? Right-click on it and choose 'Resize/Move'.
Step 2: Resize the partition
You can either shrink the selected partition or extend it.
To shrink the partition, simply use your mouse to drag one of its ends into unallocated space. Expand the 'Advanced Settings' list, where you can see the exact disk space for each partition. Once done, click 'OK'.
Fig. 1 Unallocated space before the drive.
Fig. 2 Unallocated space after the drive.
To extend the partition, make sure that there is unallocated space aside (if there isn't, follow the above steps to create some). In the same way, drag your mouse towards the unallocated space. Click 'OK'.
Fig. 3 Add unallocated space into the partition
Step 3: Apply changes
At this step, you will see the new disk partition information & diagram.
To save changes, click the 'Execute Operation' button and then 'Apply'.
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