Reclaiming unallocated HD space

[rljasdad]

So I followed viveknayyar007's directions on partitioning my hard drive and had some success but also ran into a problem. When I shrank the hard drive it basically split the TB in half, when I proceeded and made a simple drive of 100 GB, it left me with 357+ gb of unallocated space. How can I get that back (if at all) to my C drive? When I click on it I am given the option to "mount in the following NTFS folder" and the option of my "C" shows up, if I do that will it automatically restore itself to C?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there.

If the unallocated space is right next to your C: partition on its right-hand side you should be able to extend your C: volume. Just click with the right mouse button on your C: partition and select "extend volume" then follow the steps.
You could also try that with a 3rd party partition management tool if you can't do it via Disk Management, but I'd strongly suggest that you backup your important data, before you give it a go, just to be on the safe side.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[rljasdad]

It is not, the partitioned space of 100gb is between the C: partition and the unallocoted space. I just don't want to make the unallocoted space unusable.

 

[rljasdad]

I am given the extend the E: to include the unallocoted space, is it possible to reclaim part of the larger E: back to the C: afterward...anyone know that?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Open Disk manager and do what you want ... right click on the space and select from the available options.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

In order for you to be able to extend a specific partition via the available unallocated space of the drive by using Disk Management - that unallocated space should be right next to the partition you want to extend, on its right-hand site. In every other case you'll need 3rd party software for that.

In your case if E: is currently between C: and the unallocated space, you should be able to extend it, but you can't do that with C:. However, if you have nothing important on your E: partition and it's the only thing standing in the way, you could simply delete the volume and then use the whole amount of unallocated space (or leave some of it for another partition) in order to extend your C: drive.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

You can also partition as it's own partition.

I can only assume that, if as you said, you intentionally created a 100 MB partition for a reason so making F:\ makes sense

If that was just a test run, then simply delete the 100 GB and start again and expand / or partition as you see fit.

 

[rljasdad]

thanks all, it is basically a brand new laptop, so there was nothing of great importance on any drive yet. I deleted the E: partion, extended the C: partition to include all unallocated space and started again...I appreciate your help JackNaylorPE and BoogieMan_WD. Both ideas combined came up with the solution I needed.