Windows 10: Extending C: drive to the "left"

Discus and support Extending C: drive to the "left" in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I have a dual boot setup with Pop OS and Win 10 on the same SSD. I installed Pop OS in the beginning of the drive, Win10 in the end and left a 300GB... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/p_tu, Sep 28, 2020.

  1. /u/p_tu Win User

    Extending C: drive to the "left"


    I have a dual boot setup with Pop OS and Win 10 on the same SSD. I installed Pop OS in the beginning of the drive, Win10 in the end and left a 300GB space in the middle for files.

    My Win 10 is on a 96GB partition and I realized it's not enough all the software I'll be using, so I shrunk the middle partition to make space for extending C-drive. Then I noticed it can't be extended that way, since there is a 16MB MSR partition just in front of it.

    I read that the physical location of that partition is not important, as long as it is right in front of C-drive. So I'm thinking of cloning the MSR partition to the front of the unallocated space before it, then wiping it and lastly, extending the C-drive all the way to the MSR-partition.

    Is there something wrong with this approach? My biggest worry is that the boot loader won't find my Win10 installation anymore.

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    /u/p_tu, Sep 28, 2020
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  2. extending c drive

    not able to extend c drive due to windows re tools on the left of c drive partition. Is there a way to move windows re tools partition to some other location???????

    plz help
     
    raajeshsiingh, Sep 28, 2020
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  3. DaveM121 Win User
    Extending C: Drive

    Hi EugeneM_

    From your screenshot, if that is the whole drive, which I assume is a 128GB SSD, there is no room to extend your C drive

    The partition on the left, is the boot partition, then your C Drive, then the Windows Recovery Partition, your C drive is currently at the maximum size . . .
     
    DaveM121, Sep 28, 2020
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  4. Extending C: drive to the "left"

    Extend C drive Size

    Your Image does not show a D partition. It does show an F partition which if reduced in size would enable you to increase the size of the C partition.



    These are the steps needed to enable you to increase the size of your C partition:




    • Reduce F by 20 gb placing the unallocated space before F.

    • Increase the Recovery partition by 20 gb taking up unallocated space created by Step 1.

    • Reduce the Recovery partition by 20 gb placing the unallocated space before the Recovery partition.

    • Increase the C partition by 20 gb to take in the unallocated space before the Recovery partition.


    You can use Easeus Partition Manager (freeware) to carry out these tasks. The files in each partition are automatically moved when you carry out each step detailed above.

    Free partition manager software to resize partitions - EaseUS® Partition Master Free



    How to extend system partition when there is no unallocated space next to it?

    Detailed solutions to manage disk space and partition size with EaseUS Partition Master
     
    Gerry C J Cornell, Sep 28, 2020
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