Windows 10: Can I move windows 11 from my C: drive to my E: drive without resetting all my drives?

I would like to move Windows from my 120GB SSD to my 500GB SSD because my C: drive is always almost full at 5-.5GB remaining. I was wondering if I could format my E: Drive and move Windows 11 there so it would have more free space. However, I am not sure how to do this without resetting my whole computer I have like 2.5TB+ of **** on here.I just want to move Windows 11 from my bad 125GB drive to my good 500GB drive without deleting everything else.Thank you in advance!Scuppers

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C: drive

Hi Viva,

If you recently made some changes on your machine and needs to access
C: drive, you can do it by following the steps below:

• Press Windows key + E.
• On the left pane, click This PC. It will show you list of different folders. For
  C: drive, it may look like this.

If you have further queries, feel free to reply to this post.

 

c drive

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern regarding the issue that you are facing.

• Is Windows 8 partition installed on the C drive?
• Are any hardware or software changes made to the PC prior to this issue? Have you refreshed or Reset the PC?
• Are you on a dual boot environment?
• If you have another account on this PC, are you able to access the C drive?

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

Give permissions to the C drive and check.

a. Right click on C: drive and select Properties.

b. Go to the Security tab.

c. Click on Advanced and in
Permissions tab, click on Add.

d. Click on Select a principal
and type Everyone in the box and press Enter.

e. Click on Full control and then press on OK.

f. Then in the C: drive properties, click on
Edit.

g. Click on Add and then type
Everyone and click on Full Control.

h. Press okay and close the C drive properties window.

Check if you are able to access C drive.

You may also refer to
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/c-is-not-accessible-access-is-denied/2514966c-c4f5-4619-a422-4ebeda5fcb36



Also, refer to this article: "Access Denied" error message when accessing or working with files and folders”
in this link, this would help you to take ownership of the drive.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2623670

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Can not extend C drive.

You will have to move E: drive first. So expand E: drive to take that 10gb of space, then shrink it from the left...so that you can expand C: drive.

You cannot have C:---E:---C:
It must be C:---E: