unallocated space issue

hi,

i recently upgraded myhard drive using the system image within windows 7, now i have 65gb of unllocated space on my hard drive.
How can i incorporate this into my C (os) drive?

cheers

 

Right click on Computer, click Manage and when the Computer Management Console comes up, select Disk Management under the Storage option (near the bottom left side).

When the Volumes of all storage devices have been resolved, click on the C: partition of the HD you want to extend to the 65GB of unallocated space.

With it selected, right click and choose Extend. Click yes a couple of times (just read the directions that come up) and you should have full use of your drive.

Cheers!

 

Thanks for the message. On trying that it does not give an option to extend,it's greyed out. Would it be something to do with the fact that the c drive is the os ?

 

No, it will let you do this on the C: drive, but the free space has to be on the right of the partition. If the 65GB space is on the left side (of C: ), then all you can do is use it as a Data partition.

Good luck.

 

And what if it's on the otherside of the partition where mine is?

 

Can you post the pic of Disk Management using snipping tool, it's easier for others to help you.

 

As I mentioned above (quoted) if its to the left of your C: drive partition (in the Disk Management console) then you can use it as a data partition.

If you would rather have one large C: drive, then you'll have to use specialty tools (try a Ubuntu live boot cd and use GParted) or format and reinstall the O/S from scratch.

Cheers!

 

How do you do it from scratch then. I used a windows system repair disk and then image etc, can't remember being asked in windows 7 to format etc

 

Windows system repair disk? Don't really know what that is.

But if the recovery process gives you the option to Restore to existing partitions (keep data safe) then this will not do it for you.

The option is closer to Restore to factory defaults - advanced - use all available HD space.

If you have a Windows 7 installation disk, use the advanced menu to choose and delete the c: drive which will merge it with the unallocated space.

Make sure you have the drivers safe on a USB key or other external HD before you do a 'clean' install like this.

Cheers!

 

Try Partition Wizard. It offers a LOT more control over resizing partitions than the junk built into WIndows.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/

 

heres the snipping image

 

Seems to me a clean install is your only option with that setup. Looks really messed up to me.

Good luck.

 

Go to windows Disk Management right click unallocated partition and select new simple volume, follow the instruction in wizard,copy and paste the contents of the small partition sized 2.5GB in to the partition and delete that 2.5GB partition (between C and unallocated partition), now you can right click on C partition and extend it.

 

tried this, says

'you cannot create a new volume in this unallocated space because the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions'

This happens at the end of the process

 

You can copy the contents of that 2.5GB and save in C(create a folder) and delete that partition.

 

Remember that you can only have four primary partitions. You'll need to make one of them a logical partition which can be sub-divided into several extended partitions. You might want to download the free Partition Wizard which will give you a lot more control over doing this than the one built into Windows.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/

 

GParted Live CD has more powerful partitioning options that you might be able to use to fix this.

 

Hi lovehank1,
In Easeus Partition Master, highlight 2.5GB partition,under partition operations on the top left side,click on Partition Copy. Now highlight the unallocated partition and follow the instructions,then you can delete that 2.5GB partition. Now you can extend the C partition.

Without touching Recovery Partition and 117MB Partition you can fiddle around with other partitions. Hope this helps you.

 

hi again,

what do i put in on highligting the unallocated partition (value wise?)
is it safe to delete the 2.5gb logical partition? can it not be moved just?
cheers

 

Yes you can try moving, as I said before without going in to your Recovery Partition and the 117MB partition you can arrange the partitions to suit your needs.
I told you to delete(2.5GB) after copying it in to the unallocated space because I do not know what you have in it.
When you highlight the unallocated partition you are selecting that partition as your destination for copying your 2.5GB partition.