Windows 10: Help with Hard Drive Partitions

Discus and support Help with Hard Drive Partitions in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Howdy! First off, this is my fault, but I would love some help or at least to be pointed in the right direction. So I needed to install Linux for a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/rpearce3, Apr 9, 2020.

  1. Help with Hard Drive Partitions


    Howdy! First off, this is my fault, but I would love some help or at least to be pointed in the right direction. So I needed to install Linux for a brief work project. I allocated 250gb for this project and had it running alongside windows bootloader. I likely went about this the wrong way, but I deleted the partition I made for Linux through the drive manager. Now I'm running into the issue of not being able to add that partition back into my primary partition for my secondary hard drive. It's currently set as an unallocated partition. (screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/j44YSKQ.png) When I try to extend the partition, it states that there isn't enough space on the drive for this action. I've tried a few of those sketch applications with broken English and those won't let me do it either without paying for their app. I'm frustrated because I feel Windows should be able to recognize that the drive has space and should be able to extend my partition.
    TL;DR I need help with adding an unallocated partition back into a regular partition, but Windows states that there isn't enough space on the drive to do that action.



    Thank you all so very much!

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    /u/rpearce3, Apr 9, 2020
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  2. W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Apr 9, 2020
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  3. Dia01 Win User
    Partition or multiple hard drives?

    As the title suggests. Is it worth installing say a 36GB drive for the OS soley or partitioning an existing larger drive with either 2 or more partitions? I am currently running Vista 32bit and want to try out 64bit and am sick of reformatting the whole drive. Any suggestions?
     
    Dia01, Apr 9, 2020
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  4. Help with Hard Drive Partitions

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    Hi Prasad,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you are trying to extend the Volume of Drives and create partitions from C: drive.

    I would suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps you.

    • Press Windows + R keys, type diskmgmt.msc hit
      enter.
    • Disk management will open. Right click on the C: drive
      below in the segments of the partitions.
    • Select Shrink Volume. Select the Amount of space
      you want to extend in MBs (1GB = 1024MB).
    • Follow the instruction and check if it creates a Unallocated Drive.
    Later after the Unallocated drive is created follow the below steps to crate a partition.

    • Right click on the Unallocated drive and select
      New Simple Volume.
    • Select the Drive letter and follow the instructions and check if it
      creates a partition.
    • Follow the same to Create partition.
    Note: C: drive must be not less than 100GB if you are using a 1TB hard drive. partitions must not be more than 3 drives to have a better functioning of the system.

    Keep us posted to help you better.
     
    Sachin Venkatesh, Apr 9, 2020
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