Windows 10: Expand volume in Disk Management

I added a 4TB external USB drive to my desktop. I partitioned the drive so it's approximately 2 TB plus 2 TB. On the 2nd partition which is unallocated the option to create a new volume is shaded out. In fact, all options are shaded out. On the 1st partition which is a volume the expand volume is shaded out. The 1st partition, other than that is working fine. I am trying to avoid having to move a lot of data off the 1st partition and start from a clean formatted drive again.

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This will do it for you

Step 1: Download this zip file (contains dmDskmgr-vd.mmc)

dmDskmgr-vd.zip
Step 2: Double click dmDskmgr-vd.zip to open the compressed folder
Double click dmDskmgr-vd.mmc to launch the custom Disk Management console

Press Alt+PrtScn to grab a snapshot of just the Disk Management window
Open Paint and Ctrl+V to paste it, then save the image
Attach the image to a new post.

 

Disk management console view is not up-to-date

whoops i missed a step lol.



type in list volume..... your array volume should come up.... if so

type in Select volume 7
assign



let me know if your volume is not there.

 

Extend Volume in disk managment not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Let me help you.

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  Since when did the issue started appearing?
  
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  Have you made any changes in settings prior to the issue?
  
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  Do you receive any error code or error message on the screen?
  

I suggest you to follow the exact steps mentioned below and check if you are able to perform the action.

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  Run Disk Management. Open Run Command (Windows button +R) a dialog box will open and type "diskmgmt.msc".
  
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  In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select “Extend Volume” from the menu
  
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  Locate your system partition — that’s probably the C: partition. Right-click on it and select “Shrink Volume.” If you have multiple partitions on your hard drive, you could also choose to resize a different partition to free up
  space.
  

Check if it helps.



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