Windows 10: Windows won't let me extend one of my volumes

So, I found a family member's old laptop from March 2009, a DELL Inspiron 1545, made when Windows 7 was still in beta, and it was dualbooted with Windows Vista, which it came with, on C:\ drive, and Windows 7 on the G:\ drive. However, I noticed, the C:\ drive only has 41 GB and 25 GB free in it, so I wanted to extend the volume, but it won't let me.Do I have to do something extra? Windows Vista has Service Pack 2 installed and Windows 7 has Service Pack 1 installed. Even booting to Windows Vista won't let me extended. What can I do? I am not going to reinstall Windows on any drives, so don't

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How to extend OS drive volume in Windows 10.?

, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select “Extend Volume” from the menu

I want to extend so your answer is really frustrating ans. I want to extend so why should i shrink and select extend? Extend option is already Dim or unavailable?

 

How to extend OS drive volume in Windows 10.?

Hi Smruti,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below

• Run Disk Management. Open Run Command (Windows button +R) a dialog box will open and type "diskmgmt.msc".
• In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select “Extend Volume” from the menu
• Locate your system partition — that’s probably the C: partition. Right-click on it and select “Shrink Volume.” If you have multiple partitions on your hard drive, you could also choose to resize a different partition to free up space.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Extend Volume in disk managment not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Let me help you.

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  Since when did the issue started appearing?
  
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  Have you made any changes in settings prior to the issue?
  
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  Do you receive any error code or error message on the screen?
  

I suggest you to follow the exact steps mentioned below and check if you are able to perform the action.

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  Run Disk Management. Open Run Command (Windows button +R) a dialog box will open and type "diskmgmt.msc".
  
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  In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the partition that you want to shrink, and select “Extend Volume” from the menu
  
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  Locate your system partition — that’s probably the C: partition. Right-click on it and select “Shrink Volume.” If you have multiple partitions on your hard drive, you could also choose to resize a different partition to free up
  space.
  

Check if it helps.



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