Extend Volume on C: Drive grayed out, can't extend volume.

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  1. Posts : 2
    windows 8 x64
       #1

    Extend Volume on C: Drive grayed out, can't extend volume.


    I took my Acer Laptop to the computer shop to get my SSD fixed and when they finished it and got it home i noticed my drives where split into 2 drives of 50GB approximately; C: & D:.
    I have been trying to merge or at least give some space to drive C: , but my extend volume button in the partition manager is gray, even tho i have allocated space.
    please give me some advice.

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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    Disk Management will not do the extension, but Partition Wizard will do it.
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  3. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #3

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    A very small drive
    As stated free mini tool can do this but in all honesty you need fewer partitions and a larger drive ultimately
    Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free
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  4. whs
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       #4

    I suspect this is an SSD. It may be OK for the purpose but it has far too many partitions on it..
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  5. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
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    whs said:
    I suspect this is an SSD. It may be OK for the purpose but it has far too many partitions on it..


    It looks like there are 3 Recovery Partitons
    Unless they can explain why and show how they work, I wouldn't use or trust that computer shop again
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  6. whs
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    I have seen that several times recently - the 3 recovery partitions. Seems to be something legit. Not sure I understand how they work together. If you make an image, you will need none of them,.
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  7. Posts : 20,583
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       #7

    They are all empty
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  8. Posts : 6,330
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    whs said:
    I have seen that several times recently - the 3 recovery partitions. Seems to be something legit. Not sure I understand how they work together. If you make an image, you will need none of them,.
    It's the first i've seen with 3 recovery partitions.
    From the little searching i did, on some systems Windows will create the 3 recovery partitions when upgrading from Win 8 to Win 8.1

    The OP specs show Win 8 as the OS.
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  9. Posts : 2
    windows 8 x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    solved


    partition wizard worked cheers guys (y)
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  10. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    Hi,
    I'd look into this and get rid of all of those useless little partitions,
    Gain another gb in the process
    Bootmgr - Move to C:\ with EasyBCD
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