Solved [Disk Management] Unable to Extend Partition

[ramyomar]

Hello Experts,
My hard drive is partitioned as shown in the attached screenshot. I am trying to extend the D:\ drive to include all the unallocated space after it, but the Extend option is dimmed. I am on an HP laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate (not the OEM Home Edition). I appreciate if someone would please help me to fix this.

Ramy

 

[AddRAM]

You could do it this way......

Create a folder on the desktop of C: (Windows) then copy and paste all the data from D: to it. It will fit.

After you verify it all copied ok, then you can......

Delete the D partition down to unallocated space. Create a new partition from all of the unallocated space.

Copy the folder back to D and verify, if happy, delete the folder from C.

 

[ramyomar]

Thanks AddRAM for the quick response... I am currently following your advice... My data is being copied to the C: now.

 

[AddRAM]

Post a shot of disk management when you`re done

 

[bassfisher6522]

You have to select the unallocated section to add that back to the D drive.

 

[ramyomar]

Post a shot of disk management when you`re done

Good idea... Here it is (attached)... I reserved 100GB for a couple of virtual machine files I'll be creating shortly

 

[AddRAM]

Excellent

A note for the future. Don`t ever try to change that Logical drive to a primary partition using windows. It will turn your disk to dynamic ( you don`t want that ) a lot of people make that mistake. If you ever wanted to turn it primary, use Partition Wizard.

But you are fine the way it is. Great job

 

[ramyomar]

Thanks for the advice. I'll make sure I don't use the Windows Disk Management to change my logical partition into primary.