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.

"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows - Microsoft Support

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: