Windows 10: Use spanned volumes for boot volume - extend C: onto 2nd hard drive

Discus and support Use spanned volumes for boot volume - extend C: onto 2nd hard drive in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I recently purchased an HP all in one computer, which was advertised as a 1 TB hard drive, but in reality has a 128GB SSD C:\ drive and a 960 GB D:\... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/carylewis2013, Mar 3, 2020.

  1. Use spanned volumes for boot volume - extend C: onto 2nd hard drive


    I recently purchased an HP all in one computer, which was advertised as a 1 TB hard drive, but in reality has a 128GB SSD C:\ drive and a 960 GB D:\ hard drive.

    I would like to be able to reconfigure the system so that the 128 GB and 960 GB drives are spanned, and have the C: drive have the full 1TB of space. Having to manage installing software, or data onto two drives is inconvenient.

    I tried to convert the disks to dynamic disks, and span the C:\ volume, but that does not seem to be supported.

    Does anyone know of a way to do this? I am ok with reinstalling the OS if required, and upgrading to windows 10.

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    /u/carylewis2013, Mar 3, 2020
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  2. OS (CUse spanned volumes for boot volume - extend C: onto 2nd hard drive :) 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, Mar 3, 2020
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  3. Jizzler Win User
    Extending volume problems

    Looks like you'll need to go dynamic.
     
    Jizzler, Mar 3, 2020
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  4. Aeruon Win User

    Use spanned volumes for boot volume - extend C: onto 2nd hard drive

    Can't Extend Volume of hard drive.

    Hello,

    I have formatted and deleted a partition on my hard drive resulting in unallocated space. I wish to extend the hard drive C: volume into the unallocated space, but can't as this option is greyed out in disk management. How can I achieve extending the hard
    drive C: volume? I'm on Windows 10 64-bits.

    Thanks in advance

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    Aeruon, Mar 3, 2020
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