Vista - Disk Management - Delete and Extend

**Brink** · 09-28-2007

How to Delete and Extend a Partition with Disk Management in Vista

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Last edited by Brink; 04-17-2009 at 01:09 AM..

**Brink** · 03-04-2008

Hi Miguel,

Welcome to Vista x64 Forums.

When you get to step 6, are you right clicking on the drive partition that you want to make bigger, not the one you deleted, to click on Extend Volume. This will usually be the drive partition to the left of the one you deleted.

Shawn

acid2k1 · 05-07-2008

thanks this really works i mean it thanks

**Brink** · 05-07-2008

Your welcome acid2k1, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

**Tank** · 05-10-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Morphene

This method would not let me extend the volume with Vista on it (C:\) the Extend... was grayed out, but it would let me extend the D:\ that has my XP installation on it... ALL are on the same disk!
how do i get around this? I followed the instructions to a T.

Thanks

This method worked out fine. As I had one primary partition and 2 logical drives on same disk C:\. I deleted both the logical drives D: & E: It gave me green marked new volume. The C:\ Extend Drive feature was grey then. I dleted the new green volume and then tried Extension of C:\. It worked out fine and now full volume of C:\ is dedicated to Vista.

**hasan_hzl** · 07-11-2008

This method did not work for me. I have C:, D: and E: partitions on the same HDD. OS is on C. I shrinked D: and tried to add this new allocated space to C. But "extend volume" option on C was grayyed. Why cannot I extend my C?

SCSIraidGURU · 07-11-2008

Do you have the free space next to C: partition?

C: Free D: E: to have a chance at working.

You can't extend

C: D: free E:

will not work. Free space has to be next to the partition.

**hasan_hzl** · 07-11-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by SCSIraidGURU

Do you have the free space next to C: partition?

C: Free D: E: to have a chance at working.

You can't extend

C: D: free E:

will not work. Free space has to be next to the partition.

It is like C: D: FREE E: Can I change this?

**Brink** · 07-11-2008

Hi Hasan_hzl,

You can make Free a separate partition and copy the data from D: over to it, then delete D: and extend C: into D: to have C: - (new Free with letter) - E: .

It's a bit of a shuffle, but it will work.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**hasan_hzl** · 07-12-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hi Hasan_hzl,

You can make Free a separate partition and copy the data from D: over to it, then delete D: and extend C: into D: to have C: - (new Free with letter) - E: .

It's a bit of a shuffle, but it will work.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks. I will try

**Brink** · 07-12-2008

Your welcome Hasan_hzl.

Shawn

09-28-2007
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,951 posts	Disk Management - Delete and Extend How to Delete and Extend a Partition with Disk Management in Vista ... Click here to read the entire tutorial Last edited by Brink; 04-17-2009 at 01:09 AM..
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03-04-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,951 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Hi Miguel, Welcome to Vista x64 Forums. When you get to step 6, are you right clicking on the drive partition that you want to make bigger, not the one you deleted, to click on Extend Volume. This will usually be the drive partition to the left of the one you deleted. Shawn
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05-07-2008
acid2k1 ultimate 32bit 2 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend thanks this really works i mean it thanks
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05-07-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,951 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Your welcome acid2k1, and welcome to Vista Forums. Shawn
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05-10-2008
Tank Visat Ultimatex32 6 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Quote: Originally Posted by Morphene This method would not let me extend the volume with Vista on it (C:\) the Extend... was grayed out, but it would let me extend the D:\ that has my XP installation on it... ALL are on the same disk! how do i get around this? I followed the instructions to a T. Thanks This method worked out fine. As I had one primary partition and 2 logical drives on same disk C:\. I deleted both the logical drives D: & E: It gave me green marked new volume. The C:\ Extend Drive feature was grey then. I dleted the new green volume and then tried Extension of C:\. It worked out fine and now full volume of C:\ is dedicated to Vista.
My System Specs

07-11-2008
hasan_hzl Vista Ultimate x64 52 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend This method did not work for me. I have C:, D: and E: partitions on the same HDD. OS is on C. I shrinked D: and tried to add this new allocated space to C. But "extend volume" option on C was grayyed. Why cannot I extend my C?
My System Specs

07-11-2008
SCSIraidGURU Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Do you have the free space next to C: partition? C: Free D: E: to have a chance at working. You can't extend C: D: free E: will not work. Free space has to be next to the partition.
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07-12-2008
hasan_hzl Vista Ultimate x64 52 posts	Re: Disk Management - Delete and Extend Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Hi Hasan_hzl, You can make Free a separate partition and copy the data from D: over to it, then delete D: and extend C: into D: to have C: - (new Free with letter) - E: . It's a bit of a shuffle, but it will work. Hope this helps, Shawn Thanks. I will try
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