Help extending a partition!

[Starspiker]

Currently, I have a single 1TB hard drive. In that, I have a 50GB C: partition, and an 880GB D: partition. My D partition has about 300GB free and I'd like to shrink it 100GB and extend my C partition. The issue is, it is to the left of my C partition, which is at the end of the drive, and has two partition, recovery and EFI in the way. How would I be able to move these things around and extend/shrink as I planned to? See the attached image for an idea of my predicament.

Thank you!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Gparted can do all of that and more. Plus it's free.

https://gparted.org/display-doc.php%3Fname%3Dmoving-space-between-partitions

 

[ArtPog]

1. It's a relatively common problem you face. You will need to utilize a third-party partition management program to manipulate the location of the partitions. (You could use that Gparted program darkbreeze mentions but in our experience it's simply too complicated for most PC users. But you may want to give it a try.)

2. Unfortunately it does not seem you included a screenshot of Disk Management with your query although you mention something about a "attached image". (At least I couldn't find any "image").

3. Fortunately those partition management programs I made reference to above, e.g., AOMEI Partition Assistant, Mini-Tool Wizard (and there are others) have free versions available that will achieve your objective.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I didn't see any image either. To MY experience though, anybody who can't or isn't able to create the media and run Gparted, probably shouldn't be messing with the partitions in the first place. That is of course only my opinion as I think most halfway capable users can and are able to both run and use Gparted. I've not actually had anybody tell me, in the possibly hundreds of threads here where it has been recommended and used, that they were unable to do so. Again, just my two cents. You could be right for some users.

 

[ArtPog]

I didn't see any image either. To MY experience though, anybody who can't or isn't able to create the media and run Gparted, probably shouldn't be messing with the partitions in the first place. That is of course only my opinion as I think most halfway capable users can and are able to both run and use Gparted. I've not actually had anybody tell me, in the possibly hundreds of threads here where it has been recommended and used, that they were unable to do so. Again, just my two cents. You could be right for some users.

darkbreeze:
My comment was based upon my experience with a fair number of members of a local computer club that I'm associated with. Time & time again members complained that using Gparted was simply too difficult/complicated for them to use. So since a number of freely-available versions of a number of partition management programs were available to resolve this issue (such as apparently this one) and those users found those graphical interfaces employed by those pm programs much easier to understand and work with, we simply recommended them.
I certainly have no problem with any user employing the Gparted program.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Oh, I agree with you. In cases where the experience level warrants it, other solutions are always amicable. I just think MOST people who are capable enough to be trusted to make these kinds of changes can figure out Gparted. I also like mini-tool partition wizard if a desktop management utility is preferred.