His this is Mahesh. I am running out of space in C: (system) but lots of free space in D: . I want to merge these drives and increase space in C:. I come to know that diskmgmt.msc does this but how..????
Mahesh Dahal
Thathali Engineering Campus.
Stop Piracy.
keep your important files frm D:
Run: diskmgmt.msc
I dont think this is possible with out formating C:( sysmet drive)
To do this i can give you some idea over here..............
First of all Transfor all Important data from C: and D: drive to another location and
You have to go to install your OS again. While installing OS you can delete that C: and D: logical space
and make new logical Drive as much space you want.
And then install the OS in your new partition and injoy!!!!
INFOTECHNAB: I dont think this is possible with out formating C:( sysmet drive)
This is possible, you can try. Cheers.
we have only delate logical drive and New logical drive option on disk management. These is no any option like Shrink over there.
At first, your are in wrong drive, Extend Volume C: not that "Free space" one, and only possible if it is "unallocated" not "Free space", the green color indicates free space, and black color indicates unallocated drive, note it. And this is possible in Windows 7.
When i try diskmgmt.msc. It does not show the option of extending the c:. The option is available in other drives
if you using windows 7 then you can "shrink" or "extend" your partition.
Don’t be idiot by arguing with an idiot .
I agree with Mahesh. The extend volume option is available for all other volumes except my C: drive. Can't I extend my C: drive?
In my system, the thing that's confusing me is that my C: drive is not being marked as a primary partition. It was supposed to be my primary partition, wasn't it? Look, it doesn't have the blue marker at the top. And doesn't offer me the extend, delete or format option.
Samant: I agree with Mahesh. The extend volume option is available for all other volumes except my C: drive. Can't I extend my C: drive? In my system, the thing that's confusing me is that my C: drive is not being marked as a primary partition. It was supposed to be my primary partition, wasn't it? Look, it doesn't have the blue marker at the top. And doesn't offer me the extend, delete or format option.
you are on dynamic disk.
@Gandip Dai,
Here is what I found out about Dynamic disk from : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/225551
"Note that if the volume existed before the disk was upgraded to dynamic, it can never be extended or spanned no matter which file system it uses. If you try to extend this type of volume, you receive the following error message:
To extend or span a volume that was created before the disk was upgraded to dynamic, the volume must be deleted and re-created on the dynamic disk.A simple volume cannot be extended or spanned in this situation because any existing basic partitions retain their partition table entries in the master boot record (MBR) so that Windows 2000 can boot from and install to the dynamic volume. Setup allows only installations and upgrades to dynamic disks that currently include the system or boot volumes. Extending or spanning a simple volume that still has a partition entry would disable this ability. "
