Strangely disk management on Vista can be an utter pain at times; personally
I think it has a will of its own. If partition D: (Unallocated space - in
other words empty) is butted directly up to partition C: then you have
contiguous space available for extending. If there is a partition between C:
and D: the you don't have any free space to extend in to. You can't extend
the partition, in the above scenario, by jumping over an already created
partition.
Because Disk Management has a will of its own, it can sometimes, depending
upon its mood, gray out certain options. When this happens you, sadly,
cannot proceed, using disk management. Another option would be to buy a
third party partitioning application and use it to 'resize' the C: partition
(Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite is one such application that I keep by
my side, as is Acronis Disk Director.) There may even be a 'free'
partitioning application that will also do the job. I cannot, however, pass
comment on any free partitioning applications not having actually used them
myself; maybe someone else who has tried any free partitioning applications
would care to give us the benefit of their experience?
That leaves DiskPart as smithsonian suggested. Personally using commands
from the command prompt can be a little intimidating, however, I did find
these instructions which illustrate quite well how to proceed:
http://vistarewired.com/2007/04/07/h...nt-doesnt-work.
Can I stress that you ensure you have backed up any files/folders that are
important to you and that you are fully aware how to return your PC to
factory conditions, via the recovery disk (or partition) supplied by your PC
manufacturer prior to attempting to extend the partition via DiskPart as
once the command is given and Vista undertakes the extension, should
anything go wrong, you may end up with an unbootable PC. If DiskPart cannot
extend the partition, the it will say so and no alterations will be made.
I'm sorry to sound like a 'bringer of doom' but it is better you know the
risks than go blindly ahead and discover them later.
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"Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you John for getting back to me.
>
> I was able to put the unallocated back to where I got it from, but the
> "extend" option on the C drive is not an option, only on the D drive.
> They
> allocated 20G for the C drive but I am constantly trying to make sure it
> doesn't fill up. I was just hoping to get a bit more space into it.
>
> "John Barnett MVP" wrote:
>
>> Sean you would probably be better using the Extend option (assuming the
>> free
>> space is right next to the C: partition) from within disk management
>> (control panel>administrative tools>computer management>disk management)
>>
>> Perhaps this link will give you a little more help:
>> http://www.lytebyte.com/2007/02/19/h...nd-and-shrink/
>>
>> Alternatively you can extend the partition by using the Windows Vista DVD
>> (boxed version - not recovery disk) by following the instructions on my
>> website:
>> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/extend_..._vista_dvd.htm
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:14CB1DAB-1603-43EB-84DE-2096DF8B0A1F@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone tell me how I would "transfer" disk space from my partioned
>> > D
>> > drive to C drive? Just tp try, I've already "unallocated" 1G, and now
>> > have
>> > no
>> > clue what to do with it - lol (I did not request the drive be
>> > partioned,
>> > and
>> > now apparently I'm stuck with it). HEEELP!!!
>>
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