Windows 10: How can I extend C drive when Extend is grayed out?

Discus and support How can I extend C drive when Extend is grayed out? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Good afternoon everyone, I have two laptops that were purchased with this hard disk configuration. I would like to extend C: and include some or... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Lesley, Feb 18, 2020.

  1. Lesley Win User

    How can I extend C drive when Extend is grayed out?


    Good afternoon everyone,

    I have two laptops that were purchased with this hard disk configuration. I would like to extend C: and include some or all of the D: Data drive. Is there any way to do this without losing data/applications in C? I don't have the option to extend C, it's grayed out. I also partitioned D into two drives, but that doesn't work either, still no option to extend C. I"m assuming that's because these are two physical drives, however hoping there's a workaround. Any input would be great as one of these laptops can no longer be updated. I did begin installing things on D, and made D the default, but that just wasn't enough and it's just confusing for some users. Thanks in advance for your help. Lesley



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    Lesley, Feb 18, 2020
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  2. Micheal3 Win User

    Unable to extend C drive

    So recently I've been trying to extend my c drive seeing as it was getting to be full and the D drive had plenty of room. After doing some research I figured out that I simply need to delete the D drive to free up the space and then use the extend C drive
    option to add space. However, even after I deleted the D drive the extend option is still gray and will not allow me to extend the drive. I can make a new D drive and reclaim the space but I am unable to extend the C drive at this time. I'm not too keen on
    downloading a third party program to basically force my computer to finally extend the drive so I'm trying to figure out what could be going wrong.
     
    Micheal3, Feb 18, 2020
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  3. OS (CHow can I extend C drive when Extend is grayed out? :) Drive - Extending the Volume

    I've recently purchased a new laptop and came across a problem regarding the storage volume. It seems there's an arbitrary partition where C: drive has 100GB allocated and the remaining 900GB+ is unallocated. When I tried to extend the volume of C: to include
    the 900GB, the option to extend the volume was grayed out and unusable.

    Unfortunately, I just don't know enough to figure out why all that space is unallocated and why I can't extend the volume of the C: drive. Searching for the answer yielded a lot of suggestions for third-party software, but I'd like to avoid that solution
    if possible. Are there any other options?
     
    Raseleanne, Feb 18, 2020
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  4. How can I extend C drive when Extend is grayed out?

    extending c drive

    hi. my c drive is full.i have loads of space on my e drive.the e drive appears below c drive in disk management and therefore the extend volume tab is greyed out.can anybody please help me to extend my c drive .i downloaded minitool partition wizard but
    when I click on extend c drive,it only gives me the option to take a few hundred mb from recoverythanks
     
    stevechase1, Feb 18, 2020
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