Question Cloned drive to new SSD but now the new SSD shows the wrong size

[Smarticus]

I cloned a 500 GB SSD to a new 2TB SSD but unfortunately the new 2TB SSD is only showing as a 500GB drive when I right click on it in Explorer. I have tried to run DiskMgmt.msc and extend the partition, but the option to extend it is greyed out. You can see a picture of what the drive partitions are here:

https://imgur.com/Q87zo4P

View: https://imgur.com/Q87zo4P
You can see the part of the disk is 'unallocated'. I didnt make the partitions that I know of, they were just there...Seems there is a little reserved space on either side of the drive, dunno why, assume that's default? Anyways, if anyone knows how I can extend the partition to make full use of the drive, I would appreciate any adive you have!

Thanks,

GS

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.disk-partition.com/download-home.html
Have you tried to extend the unallocated with this freeware?

 

[Smarticus]

It seems the problem is that the partition i want to expand is not contiguous with Unallocated space, so 'extend volume' is greyed out and I cant extend it. Super annoying. Is there any way to fix this without downloading some shady third party software? I cant seem to find an answer.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

AEOMI isn't shady it's legit.

 

[popatim]

Redo the clone and expand the partition before you start the clone.
I'm not sure what you used but this is pretty easy to do with Macrium Reflect Free

 

[Smarticus]

Alright, I downloaded the program and it worked, quickly and easily. Thanks. I was hesitant to download a third party program to fix something that I thought Windows should be able to do itself.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Alright, I downloaded the program and it worked, quickly and easily. Thanks. I was hesitant to download a third party program to fix something that I thought Windows should be able to do itself.

I wouldn't suggest shady software. Only software that I have had success with. Glad to hear your all set!