[SOLVED] Why can't I extend my partition?

[SupportTech2001]

I tried using diskpart and "Extend" is still grayed out.

What do I do?

https://imgur.com/a/HYXflMT

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[USAFRet]

What are you trying to "Extend"?

 

[CountMike]

I tried using diskpart and "Extend" is still grayed out.

What do I do?

https://imgur.com/a/HYXflMT

View: https://imgur.com/a/HYXflMT

Extend what partition ? There's nothing to extend to.
You also have one unallocated disk, is that what you meant ? To "Extend" anything to it ?

 

[SkyNetRising]

What do I do?

Create a new partition, format it and assign drive letter.

You have 2 separate drives. There is no extend.
You could extend, if there was unallocated space next to partition, you're trying to extend (on the same drive).

 

[SupportTech2001]

What are you trying to "Extend"?

I am using VirtualBox and need more space for the VMs, but they kept defaulting to C drive and figured long term it would just be simpler to add more space to C than use a separate drive.

 

[SupportTech2001]

Extend what partition ? There's nothing to extend to.
You also have one unallocated disk, is that what you meant ? To "Extend" anything to it ?

I want to add the space of Disk 1 to Disk 0 effectively making disk 1 disappear, but I do not know how exactly. I had found a guide saying it was possible, but when I came to the part to move the unallocated space, it was not possible.

 

[SupportTech2001]

Create a new partition, format it and assign drive letter.

You have 2 separate drives. There is no extend.
You could extend, if there was unallocated space next to partition, you're trying to extend (on the same drive).

Can't I simply merge the to disks?

 

[DSzymborski]

I am using VirtualBox and need more space for the VMs, but they kept defaulting to C drive and figured long term it would just be simpler to add more space to C than use a separate drive.

So, you want to span your OS drive with your secondary drive?

That's a far worse, far more complicated strategy. You're basically mixing types of data stored into one large trough. It's even worse if these happen to be different types of storage drive (you didn't provide any information about your hardware).

It's a little like having three separate dishes at dinner and deciding to simplify by dumping your salad, your steak, and the slice of chocolate cake you're having for dessert into one large bowl.

 

[USAFRet]

I am using VirtualBox and need more space for the VMs, but they kept defaulting to C drive and figured long term it would just be simpler to add more space to C than use a separate drive.

The reason your VirtualBox directly to the C drive, is because that is the only one available.
Get Disk 1 up and running (New Simple Volume, Format, give it a drive letter), and you can have your VM's on the "D drive".

I use VirtualBox every day. My VMs are on 2 different drives....actually 3. A couple of them live on a whole different system, my NAS box.

 

[SupportTech2001]

The reason your VirtualBox directly to the C drive, is because that is the only one available.
Get Disk 1 up and running (New Simple Volume, Format, give it a drive letter), and you can have your VM's on the "D drive".

I use VirtualBox every day. My VMs are on 2 different drives....actually 3. A couple of them live on a whole different system, my NAS box.

So, you want to span your OS drive with your secondary drive?

That's a far worse, far more complicated strategy. You're basically mixing types of data stored into one large trough. It's even worse if these happen to be different types of storage drive (you didn't provide any information about your hardware).

It's a little like having three separate dishes at dinner and deciding to simplify by dumping your salad, your steak, and the slice of chocolate cake you're having for dessert into one large bowl.

https://imgur.com/zhMibAY

View: https://imgur.com/zhMibAY


I previously had it setup in a conventional manner as D drive, both had NTFS formatting. When I move the Virtual Box folders (program folder too) over to D drive the program no longer sees the VMs.

Original - 512 GB Team T253X2512G0C101 kind of a less tested brand apparently
Being added - WD Blue™ SATA SSD 2.5”/7mm cased

 

[TerryLaze]

I previously had it setup in a conventional manner as D drive, both had NTFS formatting. When I move the Virtual Box folders (program folder too) over to D drive the program no longer sees the VMs.

Virtualbox has a huge settings button on the main window that you can push and tell it the new folder name of your config and/or your virtual hard drive file.

 

[USAFRet]

https://imgur.com/zhMibAY

View: https://imgur.com/zhMibAY


I previously had it setup in a conventional manner as D drive, both had NTFS formatting. When I move the Virtual Box folders (program folder too) over to D drive the program no longer sees the VMs.

Original - 512 GB Team T253X2512G0C101 kind of a less tested brand apparently
Being added - WD Blue™ SATA SSD 2.5”/7mm cased

You don't move the VirtualBox application.
Just the VMs.

You can tell the application where the VM and VHDs are.
Even move those between drives.