Cannot extend volume on both SSD and HDD in Windows 10

[zaffri]

Hi. I bought a new Kingston A400 SSD 120GB for a new storage for my system. I successfully cloned local disk C (system drive) to the SSD using Acronis True Image WD Edition.

1. However, the software create 2 partitions (C and D) on the SSD. When the cloning process was succeed, I deleted the D partition on SSD making it Unallocated Space. I want to extend the C volume (on SSD containing system) to maximize usage on SSD.

2. After cloning, I deleted the old local disk partition on the HDD to extend other local disk on the HDD using Disk Management. However, the system was keep showing "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" despite extend with lower space than unallocated space.

How to extend both SSD and HDD?

I had tried EASEUS Partition and AOMEI Partition but they were not working.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwO8G1qqQIcrSFVkTVVnYW5GMEk/view?usp=sharing

 

[USAFRet]

You can't merge the two large partitions on the SSD, because they are not right next to each other.
You need to use a 3rd party partition manager to do this.

 

[zaffri]

You can't merge the two large partitions on the SSD, because they are not right next to each other.
You need to use a 3rd party partition manager to do this.

I want to extend the SSD and HDD seperately. There are unallocated space in the SSD and HDD.

I want to expand the system drive in SSD, and also expand the drive in the HDD seperately.

In Disk Management, there is no option for expanding the system drive for SSD.

There is expand option for HDD, but I keep receiving error message.

 

[USAFRet]

You can't merge the two large partitions on the SSD, because they are not right next to each other.
You need to use a 3rd party partition manager to do this.

I want to extend the SSD and HDD seperately. There are unallocated space in the SSD and HDD.

I want to expand the system drive in SSD, and also expand the drive in the HDD seperately.

In Disk Management, there is no option for expanding the system drive for SSD.

There is expand option for HDD, but I keep receiving error message.

Right....that's what I mean.
The 2 partitions on the SSD need to be right next to each other to extend into that unallocated space.
The same with the HDD.

There are little partitions in between, on each drive.

You need to move that 450mb partition to the end of the drive. This leaves the 2 partitions...79.75GB and 31.50GB right next to each other.
Then you can extend into that unallocated space.

 

[zaffri]

Right....that's what I mean.
The 2 partitions on the SSD need to be right next to each other to extend into that unallocated space.
The same with the HDD.

There are little partitions in between, on each drive.

You need to move that 450mb partition to the end of the drive. This leaves the 2 partitions...79.75GB and 31.50GB right next to each other.
Then you can extend into that unallocated space.

Sorry for miss'voting' your answer, accidentally pressed.

I understand now. How to move the partitions next to each other?

 

[USAFRet]

I understand now. How to move the partitions next to each other?

Possibly the EaseUS partition manager thing.

 

[zaffri]

I understand now. How to move the partitions next to each other?

Possibly the EaseUS partition manager thing.

Thank you. Now I can expand the drive in SSD . I'm using AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition.

For moving the partition in HDD, is there any freeware available?

 

[zaffri]

For the HDD, I cant also create new volume on the unallocated space. The error message is the same when trying to expand the current disk, "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" despite create with lower space than unallocated space.

 

[USAFRet]

For the HDD, I cant also create new volume on the unallocated space. The error message is the same when trying to expand the current disk, "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" despite create with lower space than unallocated space.

For that drive you probably have to do a full defrag first.
This may take several hours.

 

[zaffri]

For the HDD, I cant also create new volume on the unallocated space. The error message is the same when trying to expand the current disk, "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" despite create with lower space than unallocated space.

For that drive you probably have to do a full defrag first.
This may take several hours.

This is correct right?
Image:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwO8G1qqQIcrSFVkTVVnYW5GMEk

It completed within few minutes.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, that should be OK.

 

[zaffri]

Yes, that should be OK.

The drive is optimized. However I still cannot do anything to the unallocated space.

 

[ArtPog]

Assuming your problem hasn't as yet been resolved...

1. I cannot find a screenshot of Disk Management that you submitted in this thread, only that of "Optimize Drives" which would seem to have little bearing on this issue.

2. So if you want to further pursue this could you submit a screenshot of DM including the upper portion of that schematic reflecting the various columns showing each partition's size/data volume?