Windows 10: Unable to Extend Partition

I hope someone can help. Since upgrading to Windows 10 I have had to keep extending the primary partition, now up to 250Gb and full. I do have free capacity on another partition from which I have been taking spare capacity with any problems so far, but the partition tool won't let me take any more. Would appreciate any/all suggestions!

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unable to install win 10 fr win 8.1 due to being unable to update system reserved partition - i can't be the only one with this problem.

i am unable to extend/expand the system reserved partition through any paid & free utility partition applications. this is crazy! thanks in advance.

 

Unable to extend thee partition.

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are unable to extend the disk partition. We will assist you to resolve the issue.

To assist you better, I would like to know whether you have any unallocated space on the hard drive and are you trying would like to inform you that you could only extend partition from left to right.

If the partition was previously formatted with the NTFS file system, the file system is automatically extended to occupy the larger partition. No data loss occurs. If the partition was previously formatted with any file system format other than NTFS,
the command fails with no change to the partition.

For the better understanding of the issue, I suggest you to provide the screenshot of the Disk management.

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Please reply to us with the required information. We will be happy to help.

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I prefer to use third party software to defragment and compress the data, it's then easier to expand the C: partition, the other option is to backup the data in other data partitions, then either shrink or delete the data partition then expand the C: partition accordingly.

I use ssd drives and just have the OS drive as single C: partition.

 

After the upgrade, you'd need to do some cleanup to remove all the remnants. Open Admin Command prompt, copy and paste the line below to run:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

Put a check mark on everything except "Setup Log Files"

To answer your question. Please post a screen shot of Disk Management

 

Hi @all, I got the same problem like Joywald and I would like to recover my 20GBs. Here is what I have.





Thanks

 

@ered

• Download Bootable Partition Manger | MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable Edition and use Rufus - Create bootable USB to create a bootable USB.
• Boot your PC with the USB
• Right Click on the 794MB partition -> Move/Resize. A windows will popup, click and hold then drag this partition to the right.
• Next, move the mouse cursor on the right edge of C Drive until you see 2 vertical Bars, click and drag to the right to extend it. Click OK
• Click on "Apply" on the top left to commit the change.
• Remove the USB and Reboot your PC

 

I'm not able to boot from USB !!

 

Can you boot from CD/DVD. If so then burn to a CD/DVD then boot. If not then you need to download and install the free version of Minitool:
Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online
then follow the step above. Once click "Apply". The PC will reboot and commit the change offline.

 

Ok, Will report back..thanks topgundcp

 

OK!! I don't see were to move or resize!!

 

Right click on any partition in that list to see options/operations available.

 

Thanks, I was able to Extend my C drive!!*Cool, Good LUCK Joywald. !!

 

Hi All

Many thanks for all the suggestions.

It was actually the Mini Tool Partition Wizard that I had used previously, but it would not let me go above 250gb - so yesterday I downloaded the AOMEI partition assistant and it worked without any problems. Problem sorted! (until the next Windows 10 upgrade anyway *Smile)