I need detailed steps to expand my partition

Here is my issue. My C drive has got some low disk space problem and there is only about 6% of free space left. So, my bother has taught me to expand it in Disk Management after shrinking my E drive. But, the “extend” option there is not able to work and grayed out. Is there any other way for me to expand my drive? Please help me! Thank you in advance!

 

Without a screenshot I am more or less guessing, but I will assume C: is a big block of space at the beginning of the drive. E: is another block of space further down the drive, where C: ends.

You can't extend C: because when you shrank E: you trimmed space off the end of the partition. The beginning of the partition never moved. C: can't expand because E: is still in the way. C: has to be in contiguous (not interrupted) space. In this case you would need to actually remove E: completely, then C: would be able to expand. Of course you would lose all data on E:.

 

Not to point out the obvious but do an image of your C drive (and any other partition containing data/programs) to an external drive prior to making any changes.

 

This is going to sound so bad... D) Where's the D?

If drive D is between C and E, you cannot just transfer empty space that way.

 

Something like gparted or parted magic would allow you to move things around to expand your C partition, but backup everything before doing so. There's always the possibility of data loss when doing something like that, so better be safe than sorry.

 

OK! That sounds like the unallocated space that is created by shrinking your E drive is not adjacent to your C drive. That’s often why the “extend’ option becomes grayed out. But, don’t worry! Without that way, some professional partition resizing tools also can help you freely add the space to your C drive, like GParted, IM-Magic Partition Resizer Free and Paragon Partition Master, etc.
Never forget to back up all your important data in case of data loss.
Good luck!

 

SubZero is right on.

If the OP isn't doing what SubZero said, then I think what the OP is attempting to do is extend his system volume from one hard drive to another hard drive.

In any event, the system volume can't be extended to a separate hard drive. You can only span the volume by creating a dynamic disk (a.k.a RAID volume). And with what SubZero said, all partition managers tend to shrink logical volumes from the back side, not the front. So the C: and E: volumes are still butted up against each other. Without free space being right next to the system volume, the partition can't be extended.

 

Have you resolved your problem?
As I know, the low disk space problem often can be easily resolved by adding enough free space there.
I know a video tutorial that teaches about how to add enough free space to a selected partition:
youtube.com/watch?v=6jCeT7CbsKk
You can take chances with it at first.
Note: Make data backups all the time in case of data loss.

 

refer to Windows HELP. Or google expand partition, there are many partition software help you to do this