Here, we’re extending our volume to use all of the available unallocated space.Īnd finally, click the “Finish” button to have Windows extend the volume. Just select the space you want to use and then click the “Next” button. It also shows the total volume size and the maximum available space you have to extend the volume. The “Select Disks” screen will already have the appropriate disk selected. In the “Extend Volume Wizard” window, click “Next.” To extend a volume, right-click the existing volume (which has unallocated space to its right), and then click “Extend Volume.” Windows can’t extend a basic partition to its left-you’ll need third-party software for that.
You can only extend a volume if it has unallocated space to the right of it on the same disk. The window also shows the total new size of the current volume after you shrink it by however much you select.Īnd now that we’ve shrunk the volume, you can see that the disk contains our shrunken volume on the left and the new unallocated space we freed up on the right. The only option you have is how much you want to shrink the volume by-in other words the amount of unallocated space that will be left over after the shrinking. Notice that the window shows the total size of the current volume, and the available space you have for shrinking (which in the case of our empty volume is close the total size). In the example below, we’re shrinking an empty (no data stored on it) 1 TB volume by about 500 GB. You could shrink the volume by up to nearly the full 1 TB. For example, say you have a 1 TB disk that contains a single volume, but you don’t have anything stored on it yet. You can only shrink a volume if it has enough free space. Right-click a volume in either pane and select the “Shrink Volume” option. And if you select a disk or volume in the bottom pane, the top pane jumps to show the corresponding volume there, too. The bottom pane shows a graphical representation of your disks and the volumes that exist on each disk. If you select a volume in the top pane, the bottom pane jumps to show the disk that contains that volume.
The top pane shows you a list of your volumes. The “Disk Management” window is divided into two panes.
The quickest way to launch the Disk Management tool is by hitting Start, typing “partition” into the search box, and then clicking the “Create and format hard disk partitions” option that comes up. You can use the Disk Management tool to resize, create, delete and format partitions and volumes, as well as change their drive letters-all without downloading or paying for any other software. RELATED: Beginner Geek: Hard Disk Partitions Explained There are tons of third-party partition managers for Windows, but did you know that Windows includes its own? Microsoft did a good job of hiding the Disk Management tool, but it’s there.
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