Windows 10: I can't extend my C: drive with free space in D:

I want to extend my C: drive by giving some of the free space of my D: drive to it in Disk Management. However, there is a partition in between.

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extend c drive storage space

Hi, I'm , an Independent Advisor.

Disk Management is a Windows built-in tool that supports to increase partition size with its "Extend Volume" feature. However, the program has some limitations in increasing disk space:

- Extend Volume only works on NTFS and RAW partition. FAT32 and other file systems are not supported.

- The Extend Volume will grey out if there is no adjacent unallocated space behind the target partition.

So, the ways to increasing C drive with or without adjacent unallocated space are different. Open the Disk Management, and follow the right tutorials listed below to extend the local disk C drive on your own now:

#1. Increase C Drive Space with Adjacent Unallocated Space

Step 1. Right-click This PC/My Computer, click "Manage", select "Disk Management" under Storage.

Step 2. Locate and right-click on the local disk C drive, and choose "Extend Volume".

Step 3. Set and add more space to your system C drive and click "Next" to continue.

Step 4. Click "Finish" to complete the process.

Note that if that unallocated space on your system disk is not behind the C drive, you can't extend C drive in Disk Management.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you further!

 

Extend drive size

I want to extend my c drive size. I go to diskmgmt.msc and follow the steps. When I right click on drive c the extend capability is grayed out.

I am running as admin, it is listed as NTFS, I have unallocated space on my d drive.

Is the problem that I do not have space "after" my c drive. I am not sure what this means.

How do I get space after my c drive ?

 

I have problem with too little space on C: drive but lots of space on D: drive.

Thanks for your reply. When I look at my space use I see my D drive first and then my C drive, and the D drive seems to have multiple partitions and only the first one has anything stored in it. So what I have, going down the list of storage areas, are 5 segments on my D drive and then my C drive. The directions seem to expect the D drive to be under the C drive. And the icon about extending a drive is grayed out. So to me it does not appear I can extend even though I have a ton of free space. What am I missing?