How do I enable unallocated disk space?
To allocate the unallocated space as a usable hard drive in Windows, follow these steps:
- Open the Disk Management console.
- Right-click the unallocated volume.
- Choose New Simple Volume from the shortcut menu.
- Click the Next button.
- Set the size of the new volume by using the Simple Volume Size in MB text box.
Can you add a partition to an existing drive?
If you’re partitioning an existing drive with data or the OS installed on it, you’ll need to create unallocated space for Windows to work with. By default, Windows will create one partition using the maximum amount of unallocated space. If you need a smaller partition, just specify the size in megabytes.
When is disk management unable to extend partition?
Because we can extend partition when its right side has the unallocated space. That is to say, if there are no unallocated space in the right adjacent to C drive, disk management can’t extend C drive’s volume.
How to extend a partition with unallocated space?
You may also use the following three tools to extend partition with existing unallocated space on your disk: #1. Use EaseUS Partition Master #2. Use Disk Management #3. Use DiskPart CMD Command
Why is disk management unable to add unallocated space?
Yes, that’s a good way, but a stupid way as well. Because there are some invisible files and data in some partitions. If we lose them during copying data and files, it may cause some application can’t be run normally. besides disk management, many third-party software have shown.
How to add an unallocated partition to a C drive?
In AOMEI Partition Assistant, it has many functions to add unallocated space to C drive. select which function depending on what situation the computer encounters. Merge partition: if computer have the unallocated space, we can use this function to merge any partition with the unallocated partition without restarting computer.