How can i extend my primary partition?

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  1. Posts : 20
    windows 7
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    How can i extend my primary partition?


    Well, it's all in the title :). How can i extend it? It seems i can extend only my secondary one. I must not be getting something... Help!
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  2. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    You might want to check out Brinks tutorials on deleting and extending a partition.
    Disk Management - Delete and Extend - Vista Forums
    Disk Management - Shrink Partition - Vista Forums
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  3. Posts : 3,141
    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
       #3

    Hello beckhamstef,

    In addition to what Airbot has posted you might want to take a look at this thread. resizing new partition

    This caused me problems as you will see. I had to reinstall the OS so just did the resize then, but the best bet is third party partitioning software. There is a basic free program listed there (third post). This is the only way to do it if you have data on the partition to the right of the partition you want to extend.

    Hope this helps.

    Gary
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  4. Posts : 20
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    I've got it on x64... Can you suggest another freeware partitioning program that won't delete my data?
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  5. Posts : 3,141
    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
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    I think they have a 30 day trial for the 64 bit supported. Most 32 bit software will work on 64 bit though. You should have good backups of your data before doing something like this anyway. Especially for the first time.

    Gary
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  6. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
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    Hi,

    Could you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window?

    Also The Easeus Partition Manager Pro trial version doesn't allow batch operations - which I suspect is what you need to do.

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  7. Posts : 20
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    I want to extend my C to 30-35.
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  8. Posts : 1,009
    Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bit
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    At first you should "shrink" D:, so that there's free space left.
    Then , you will have the option to Extend C:, provided that the file system on both is NTFS.

    I'm not sure you can shrink the logical partition and get free space on the left, though. Give it a try
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  9. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #9

    Hi,

    I don't believe Disk Management will allow you to extend or shrink an Extended partition ( the green rectangle ).

    Unless you want to delete the Extended partition, you may need to use a 3rd party app. like Paragon Partition Manager , to convert it into a Primary partition.

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  10. Posts : 3,141
    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
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    Hi limneos,

    After shrinking the unallocated space, it is to the right of the D partition as the 9 mb unallocated space is now on his disk. Still can't extend the C partition to that. According to the help files you would only be able to create a 'spanned volume'. I suppose you could create another partition out of the unallocated space, move all your files to that partition and the delete the D partition to create unallocated space next to the C partition and then extend. This is how I understand it. If I'm not understanding right please explain.

    Thanks,
    Gary

    Edit: I just successfully shrunk a logical partition.
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