Question Expanding a Partition error

[WilliamC_71]

Refer to images below: Disk 3, (1 part. 1, Data - shrank to make space (2) Formatted unallocated space (3) attempt to expand part 3, Scratch Drive less than max available. Did not work.
Warning 1 = must convert to dynamic drive (this is OK). 2, error message ...not supported
what to do now???

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Bill

 

[Lafong]

Disk 3 appears to be a 4 TB external. Is that correct?

Your goal appears to be to combine that "48.83 unallocated" part of Disk 3 with the larger "Data (portable)" partition on Disk 3. Is that correct?

The first thing I notice is that the "Data (portable)" partition does NOT have a drive letter. Have you deliberately avoided doing that?

You should avoid dynamic disks in most situations.

Perhaps you can restate what you are trying to do if my assumptions above are not correct.

 

[WilliamC_71]

1. Yes, 4TB External
2. Date partition appears in Explorer as T: --- the 3dr partition is "Scratch" and appears as in explorer as Drive S:
3. I need to expand S:, Scratch drive. when I try I get the imaged dialog boxes.

Eventually, I will install an internal HDD Dedicated to Photoshop for scratch data.

 

[Lafong]

I assume you tried to use Windows Disk Management to combine the 48.83 unallocated to Scratch on Disk 3.

Is that correct?

That won't work because the 48.83 is to the left of Scratch. If it were to the right, it would probably work.

Other tools, such as Minitool Partition Wizard do not have that limitation.

BUT..........................

I'm concerned about 2 things:

1; the fact that you got a dynamic disk warning when you tried, rather than a simple refusal.

2; the fact that you don't see drive letters for the partitions on Disk 3 in Windows Disk Management.

I suspect there are other things at play that we don't know about, so I'm reluctant to give you any advice now......other than to NOT get involved with dynamic disks.

You have a bunch of drives connected, but only some of them appear in your picture. Maybe you can post another screen shot that shows ALL of your drives.

I note that your C drive is not shown in your picture.

It might also be useful for you to connect only Disk 3 and whatever drive contains your C partition and show us that picture.....with the others disconnected.

 

[WilliamC_71]

Yes, Win. 11 computer Management. I DO see the drive letters. I was going to put off the third internal HD but, with this issue, I'll just get the new one. It'll perform better anyway. Thank you for your trouble.

 

[USAFRet]

Eventually, I will install an internal HDD Dedicated to Photoshop for scratch data.

A small SSD would be better for this.

I have one dedicated for scratch space for all my relevant applications. CAD/video/photo...

 

[WilliamC_71]

According to Puget Systems, their benchmark tests show that there is little performance improvement in using an SSD for the scratch drive. but thank you. Given that I also do video editing a 2 TB drive will be good and the cost difference is great. I'm ready to close this thread, Thanks again. Bil

 

[USAFRet]

According to Puget Systems, their benchmark tests show that there is little performance improvement in using an SSD for the scratch drive. but thank you. Given that I also do video editing a 2 TB drive will be good and the cost difference is great. I'm ready to close this thread, Thanks again. Bil

I've done some tests for saving to various SSDs.
SATA III, PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0...and found NO difference in rendering and saving the output.

The scratch drive type, I've not yet tested.