Windows 10: New external HDD partition help needed please - Shrink volume greyed out

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undo partition shrink

Hi,

If you accidentally shrink the volume of your SSD partition, there is an option to extend the volume as well. To extend the volume of your SSD partition, follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X on your keyboard and select Disk Management.
• Right-click the partition that you want to expand and click Extend Volume.
• Select the amount of space that you want to extend.

Keep us in the loop with the result.

 

creat a new volume/partition

Hi,

Creating a new partition in Windows 10.

To create a new partition, the hard disk drive must contain unallocated space that is not part of an existing partition. Shrink the volume on an existing drive to create unallocated space, then create and format a new partition, using the following steps.

• 
  In Windows, search for and open Create and format hard disk partitions.
  
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  Right-click the Windows (C drive, or another drive on the computer.
  
  
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  Click Shrink Volume... from the drop-down menu to create unallocated space.
  
  Figure : Shrink volume
  
  
  
  The Shrink window opens.
  
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  Without making any changes to the settings in the Shrink window, click
  Shrink.
  
  Figure : Shrink volume C:
  
  
  
  When the shrink process is complete, the new partition displays in the Disk Management utility as Unallocated space.
  
  Figure : Unallocated space
  
  
  
  
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  Right-click the new partition, then select New Simple Volume... from the drop-down menu.
  
  Figure : Creating a new simple volume
  
  
  
  The New Simple Volume Wizard displays.
  
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  Click Next.
  The Specify Volume Size window displays.
  
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  Click Next to accept the default setting (recommended), or change the value in the Simple volume size in MB field, and then click
  Next.
  
  Figure : Specify Volume Size
  
  
  
  The Assign Drive Letter or Path window displays.
  
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  Select a drive letter from the drop-down menu, then click Next.
  
  Figure : Assign Drive Letter or Path
  
  
  
  The Format Partition window displays.
  
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  To name the drive, type a name in the Volume label field.
  
  
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  Click Next.
  
  Figure : New Simple Volume Wizard
  
  
  
  The Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard window displays.
  
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  Click Finish.
  
  Figure : Settings in Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard
  
  
  
  
  
  The Disk Management utility shows the formatting progress, and then displays the New Volume.
  
  Figure : New volume and its size
  
  
  
  

Hope this helps. Thank you.

 

remove external hard drive partitions

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft community.

If you are logged in as an administrator, you can repartition your hard disk by using the Shrink feature in Disk Management. You can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space, from which you can create a new partition
or volume.

You may follow the step below and check if it helps:

• 
  Connect the external hard drive.
  
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  Press Windows Key and click on Disk Management.
  
• 
  Right-click the volume you want to shrink, and then click
  Shrink Volume.
  
• 
  Follow the instructions
  

You may also refer to the steps below and check if it helps:



Open cmd with admin rights

1. Run Diskpart application by typing Diskpart

2. In the “Diskpart” prompt, enter rescan command and press Enter key to re-scan all partitions, volumes and drives available.

3. Then type in list disk and press Enter key to show all hard disk drive available.

4. Select the disk that contains the partition you want to remove. Normally, with just 1 hard disk, it will be disk 0. So the command will be:

select disk 0

5. Finish by Enter key.

6. Type list partition and press Enter key to show all available and created partition in the disk selected.

7. Select the partition that wanted to be deleted by using the following command, followed by Enter key:

select partition x

where x is the number recovery partition to be removed and unlocked its space. Be careful with the number of this partition, as wrong number may get data wipes off.

Finally, type in delete partition override and press Enter key.



Disclaimer: Be sure to back up any data you want to keep before you begin.



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