Windows 10: Change New Drive from logical to Primary

Hello all,


I purchased a new SSD today and cloned my old HDD to it. I then set up boot priority using BIOS and have my PC booting from the new drive. I have been trying to change the new SSD to my primary boot drive so I can format the old one and use it for storage. I downloaded IM-Magic Partition Resizer and tried to follow its instructions to change the new drive to the primary drive but the option doesn't even show up on the program. I tried a few other programs that said they could do the same thing and all of them had the same issue.


I even tried disconnecting the old drive and the system ran fine which really confused me.


I am very lost and probably didn't give enough info here, let me know if anything else is needed and thanks in advance for any help!

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unable to change unallocated space to primary partition or logical partition.

1) Are you able to view the unallocated 100 Gb memory space in the Disk management?

Yes, checked that before posting.

2) How exactly you are trying to change the unallocated space to primary or logical drive?

Open EaseUS Partition Master, highlight the unallocated partition. If it is a primary partition click on "Convert to logical" and if it is a logical partition click on "Convert to primary". Then click apply.

What about the question as to why, when I booted from the W10 ISO disk I was not given the option of where to install the OS? Thanks.

 

unable to change unallocated space to primary partition or logical partition.

Hi,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft community.

We understand the inconvenience caused and we will try our best to resolve the issue.

To assist you better, please provide few details.

1) Are you able to view the unallocated 100 Gb memory space in the Disk management?

To open Disk management, press Windows key +x and select Disk Management.

2) How exactly you are trying to change the unallocated space to primary or logical drive?



As per your query, I like to inform you that, you can have maximum of three primary drives in one hard drive in your system.

If you are able to view the unallocated 100 Gb memory space in the Disk management then I suggest you to follow the below steps to create a new drive and check if it helps.

1) Press Windows key + x, and select Disk Management.

2) Check for the unallocated memory space.

3) Right click on the unallocated memory space.

4) Select New Simple Volume.

5) Follow the onscreen instruction.



Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Huge Logical Drive

The question is can I combine the 785 GB New Volume extended partition with my C: partition?