In case there is no Recovery partition or after extending the C drive with the deleted Recovery partition, then the D drive will be on the right as shown in the screenshot below.
You can check out the link below for reference. I have a separate tutorial on how to delete a Recovery Partition and how to add the recovery partition unallocated space onto the C drive. Using the example above, there is a Recovery Partition on the immediate right of the C drive therefore to be able to extend the C drive, you need to first remove this partition. To be able to extend volume of a disk partition using Disk Management, there must be unallocated space on the immediate right-hand side of the drive, otherwise the Extend Volume option will be grayed out. Condition for Extending Volume of a Partition using Disk Management. Then press OK.ĭisk Management shows the various partitions of your computer’s hard drive and from here you can extend, shrink and even delete disk partitions. Or press “Windows+R” to open Run and type “diskmgmt.msc”. To open Disk management, right click on the Windows start menu and select Disk Management.Īlternatively, go to the Windows Search bar and type “Disk Management” and hit enter. You can extend the C drive by use of third-party software tools or using in-built Windows Disk Management which am going to be focusing on in this tutorial. This can take up a large amount of space and therefore you should frequently move the files in this folder to other partitions or change the default download path to point to another drive. By default, Windows stores file downloads from most browsers in the Downloads folder in the C drive. Files on the desktop are actually stored in C drive therefore by removing these files you can free up a significant amount of space on the C drive. The desktop is a convenient place to put shortcuts to frequently accessed applications but many people use it as temporary storage for files they are currently working on. When the C drive is almost full, it will appear red in the Devices and drives section as shown below, Freeing up space on the C drive.īefore considering extending the disk size of the C drive, you need to check whether you can free up some space through basic practices like Because of the importance of files stored in this drive, it is always good to have enough space available to avoid issues like slowing down of the Operating System and not being able to install programs on your computer. The C drive is considered the main hard disk partition where a computer’s operating system and other applications’ files are stored. Condition for Extending Volume of a Partition using Disk Management.
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