Disc volume repartition problem

jeffowen

jeffowen

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I have Windows 10 (recently moved from W7 pro 64bit) and decided that want to increase the volume in my C drive at the expense of the D drive.
I successfully reduced the volume of the D drive by 100GB but when I try to increase the volume of C the 'increase volume' is greyed out.
I can see that there is 100GB unallocated but not sure how to add it to my C drive.
 
I am not quite sure what you mean by contiguous, but if you mean are they adjacent in the disc management display boxes then the answer is no. I will try and add a screen shot.disc management.jpg
 
You could always use Parted magic and move around the partitions so the unallocated space is next to the c drive. There is a slight risk for data corruption when doing that though.
 
Not sure I want to risk anything at this stage. However it does look as if I can recombine the unallocated space back with the D drive. If I then defrag both C and D drives do you think this might help? I really am at a loss here.
 
The unallocated space has to by physically next to the C partitions in order to combine it. Meaning the location on the screen of the D partition and the unallocated space have to be switched before you can merge them. That's why you can currently merge it with D but not C. What @voyagerfan99 suggested was moving the partitions so they're next to each other, but you do have some risk for corruption.
 
Not sure how I can do this moving. Voyagerfan99 suggested Parted Magic, how do I get hold of this program? If there is a risk then I think I won't try.
 
Do you have another drive that you can temporarily move data from D to it? If so, then move the data off D then delete the partition and then use that to add space to c and then use the balance for a new drive d and move data back.
 
It seems the only way is to clear (copy first to an external drive) the whole of my D: drive, delete the D: drive and then and move the space to C: , re create a smaller D: and paste back the old contents. At the moment I have over 200GB on the D: drive so the whole process is going to be quite involved. I am going to have to think about this. I wish there was an easier method!
 
Just download Hiren's Boot CD, boot to it, select Parted Magic, and use the partition editor to drag your partitions around so you can just expand the C:\ drive. Data corruption is possible, but unlikely.
 
I have downloaded Hiren's Boot CD, unzipped it and put it on a CD. I can see many (266) useful programs but not Parted Magic. e.g. 'PartitionFindandMount', 'PartitionRecovery', 'PartitionWizard', and 'PartSaving' amounst the Ps. I tried PartitionWizard and it showed me the different drives but again, in the actions, the 'move' action was greyed out. See below;minitool.jpg
 
It's on the main menu. Linux recovery environment (Parted magic) either above or below Mini Windows XP.
 
Thanks voyagerfan for your patience but I am not that familiar with finding my way around these clever programs. It may be that my version of Hiren's boot CD (version 15.2) does not have this particular program, or more likely I am too thick to find it. I can't even find the main menu nor the Linux recovery environment.
This is what is on the CD from the download..cd data.jpg
When I run HBCDMenu.cmd I get all these 266 programs
266 programs.jpg
 
Watch this video and you'll see where its located.


Called linux based rescue environment(parted magic) which is located right under mini windows xp and dos programs.
 
Thanks again for the video, most interesting. My problem is that I can't even get the start screen shown in the beginning of the video. I notice that the OS mentioned in the video do not include Windows 10 and I am assuming that may be the reason I cannot get started.
If I click on the 'changes.txt' (see my previous note) I can see that Parted Magic is shown on the added list for version 15.2 so it should be there, but I cannot find it. It must be me or a Windows 10 thing.
How exactly do I get to the screen shown in the start of the video?
 
You have to boot to the cd. You can't just access the cd inside windows. That's why it's called hirens boot cd.
 
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