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extend option is gray out!! what is next step?
extend C drive in win 11
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how to extend C drive ?
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OnlyMe 0 Reputation points2024-03-16T19:39:03.6333333+00:00 If you want to extend your C drive but the option is greyed out, it is likely because there is no unused space on your hard drive. However, you can still extend your C drive by moving data from your D drive to an external drive, deleting the D drive partition from Disk Management, and then expanding your C drive. But be sure to make an important decision here: expand your C drive only to a point where you can recreate the D drive and move the data back to it. I did this on my Windows 11 laptop today and had no issues.
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sagar 0 Reputation points2024-03-16T19:54:42.94+00:00 drive in win 11
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mohammad 10 Reputation points2023-11-19T18:08:00.7133333+00:00 -
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Balram Singh 6 Reputation points2023-12-12T09:46:41.6266667+00:00 You have to first create an unallocated drive. Follow below steps for creating unallocated drive
- If data in D drive is 20 GB out of 100 GB then you have to move this 20 GB into separate place
- You can Shrink the D drive and create a separate E drive with 50 GB space
- Once E drive is created, move all the data from D drive to E drive
- Once D drive is empty then Delete the volume of this D drive. By deleting the volume on D drive, it will create unallocated space
- Now you can see the extend volume enabled in C drive, since you have an unallocated space available next to C drive
Hope this helps
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AllenLiu-MSFT 40,571 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2023-10-03T07:12:06.7833333+00:00 Hi, @Vishal Muskan
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.
To extend the C drive in Windows 11, you may follow these steps:
Press the Windows key + X and select "Disk Management" from the menu.
In the Disk Management window, right-click on the C drive and select "Extend Volume".
In the Extend Volume Wizard, click "Next".
Select the amount of unallocated space you want to add to the C drive and click "Next".
Click "Finish" to complete the process.
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Saša Gošović 0 Reputation points2023-11-10T15:12:13.1366667+00:00 This is poor answer. Behind C partition is not empty space but D partition.
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MajGenSanjaySoi-0698 0 Reputation points2024-03-14T16:00:59.7033333+00:00 Extend portion is greyed out and I. Not getting answer from you
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Vishal Muskan 0 Reputation points
2024-03-17T03:57:50.5933333+00:00 The 'Extend Volume' is greyed out and disabled.
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Jim Disken 0 Reputation points2024-03-21T17:30:13.12+00:00 I want to merge my unallocated space into my C drive. however the extend space feature is grayed out and the unallocated space is after my D Drive. Please advise. JD
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Tanmoy Nandy 0 Reputation points2024-03-10T18:13:11.3833333+00:00 The 'Extend Volume' is greyed out and disabled. Can you please suggest how to enable this option, or is there any other alternative for extending the disk space for C: drive?
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MajGenSanjaySoi-0698 0 Reputation points
2024-03-14T16:01:19.1933333+00:00 Same is my problem. No response
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OnlyMe 0 Reputation points
2024-03-16T19:40:37.27+00:00 If you want to extend your C drive but the option is greyed out, it is likely because there is no unused space on your hard drive. However, you can still extend your C drive by moving data from your D drive to an external drive, deleting the D drive partition from Disk Management, and then expanding your C drive. But be sure to make an important decision here: expand your C drive only to a point where you can recreate the D drive and move the data back to it. I did this on my Windows 11 laptop today and had no issues.
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UrsulaC 0 Reputation points2024-03-27T16:33:41.9133333+00:00 Does this option work when C&D are on separate physical drives?
I have 300gb unallocated on Disk 0, but the Extend option for C (on Disk1) is greyed out. Why?
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