Do you want to know how to extend C
drive in Windows 11 with unallocated
space? Then you are at the right place
as here is how to do it. Let's get
started.
This is Windows Club. In this video, we
will show you how to extend the C drive
in Windows 11 with unallocated space. If
there is insufficient space to install
system updates, maintain or improve
performance, prevent crashes, etc.,
Extending the C drive or system drive
can be helpful. You can safely extend
the C drive space without losing any
data or formatting your SSD or HDD.
Whether the unallocated space is
directly adjacent to the C drive, which
is a must on the right hand side or not,
you can increase the C drive space. This
video covers both scenarios using
different methods with step-by-step
instructions. Let's get started.
One, extend the C drive in Windows 11
with adjacent unallocated space using
the disk management tool. Disk
management is a built-in utility to
Windows to create new partitions, resize
and extend partitions. However, this
option is helpful only if there is
contiguous unallocated space directly
next to the C drive. If there is say 10
GB unallocquitted space after the D
drive or E drive, then disk management
and other native tools won't be helpful.
Here are the steps. Open the disk
management tool using the search box.
Right click on the C drive and select
the extend volume option and extend
volume vert window will open. Press the
next button. You will see a select the
amount of space in MB option where you
can keep the default size to extend the
C drive or change the amount of space as
per your needs. Press next. Press
finish. You can also use the disk part
command line utility to resize a
partition in Windows 11 or 10. But this
utility also helps only if the
unallocated space is available next to
the C drive on the right side.
Two, extend the C drive with
non-adjacent unallocated space in
Windows 11 using a third party tool. You
can use a third party tool to extend the
C drive with non-adjacent unallocated
space in Windows 11. One such tool is
Aomi Partition Assistant. It creates
automatically Windows P and will enter
Windows P to complete the operation.
Before you proceed, it is advised to
clone your hard drive or use some
imaging recovery and backup software.
You should also create a bootable USB
drive and keep it ready just in case.
Also, turn off device encryption and bit
locker to act. Here are the steps to
extend the C drive with non-adjacent
unallocated space using this tool. Open
the interface of the AMEI partition
assistant tool and you will see a list
of all the hard drives. Right click on
the C drive then select advanced then
merge partitions. A new window will
open. In that window select a disk if
there is one more disck. Select the
unallocated partitions from the list and
press okay. Press the apply button in
the top left corner of its main
interface. Appending operations box will
open. Here you can check the operations
like move partition and resize partition
that will be performed and other
details. Press the proceed button. The
operation requires a PC reboot. Press
the okay button to confirm to restart
into Windows PE mode. Now this tool will
automatically create Windows P mode and
boot into to start performing operations
one by one. Press the restart now button
once all the operations are completed
successfully. Your PC will boot into
normal mode. After logging into your PC,
open the file explorer or disk
management tool and you will see that
the C drive is extended successfully.
Likewise, there are some best disk and
partition manager software for Windows
11 to resize and extend the C drive with
non-ontiguous
space. You can try. So that's it.
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