Hi All,
Just shrank my boot system "E" drive slightly, now how do I move the new volume into the "C" drive?
Thanks!
Short answer.. you can't. As far as I know the empty volume has to be on the right had side of your C partition before you can expand it.
Someone might have a better answer and I would like to know it it's possible.
Jeff
You can't do it with disk management but you can do it with MiniTool Free Partition Manager| Partition Wizard Free Edition or similar. This will physically move the data leftwards when you restart and are running outside of windows.
They have a good tutorial on their website.
PeteNetLive - KB0000678 - Windows - Adding Unallocated Drive Space 'From the left'
I thought this was going to be easy!Short answer.. you can't. As far as I know the empty volume has to be on the right had side of your C partition before you can expand it.
Someone might have a better answer and I would like to know it it's possible.
Jeff
I might expand my "E" drive back to it's original size.
I think that's the right thing to do. That 800 MB you could add to C: is totally insignificant.I thought this was going to be easy!
I might expand my "E" drive back to it's original size.
I think you're right!I think that's the right thing to do. That 800 MB you could add to C: is totally insignificant.
Well I am surprised to hear some of these answers. I've done what you want to do on my old computer, using MiniTool and from a Boot disk and it was EASY!!! no problem. left side or right side. Seeing how your New Volume is right next to your C-drive, MiniTool can extend your C-drive in about 5 sec's. BUT, like I always say, and do myself ... Make a image backup first. Then extend your C-drive. Bottom line is THIS can be done....with MiniTool ISO which is a free program.
I think in this particular case it is not relevant if it is easy or not; the space OP could add to C: is 0.8 GB whereas the C: is already over 460 GB. The additional space gained is so insignificant the process is not worth doing.Well I am surprised to hear some of these answers. I've done what you want to do on my old computer, using MiniTool and from a Boot disk and it was EASY!!! no problem. left side or right side. Seeing how your New Volume is right next to your C-drive, MiniTool can extend your C-drive in about 5 sec's. BUT, like I always say, and do myself ... Make a image backup first. Then extend your C-drive. Bottom line is THIS can be done....with MiniTool ISO which is a free program.
I'm worried that if this doesn't work, I might not be able to restore my "E" boot disk into a smaller partition.Well I am surprised to hear some of these answers. I've done what you want to do on my old computer, using MiniTool and from a Boot disk and it was EASY!!! no problem. left side or right side. Seeing how your New Volume is right next to your C-drive, MiniTool can extend your C-drive in about 5 sec's. BUT, like I always say, and do myself ... Make a image backup first. Then extend your C-drive. Bottom line is THIS can be done....with MiniTool ISO which is a free program.