Though Windows has a built-in functionality in Disk Management to expand or shrink partition, it is not powerful enough to deal with various such as low disk space issue.
It happens your hard drive might not be properly partitioned, and you may encounter "Low Disk Space" issue which says "You are running very low on disk space on Local Disk C:. Click here to see if you can free space on this device" or "You are running out of disk space on system C:. To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here…" Facing such issue, you can try deleting some unnecessary files or move files to another drivea.
Alternatively, you can extend the partition to remove the low disk space issue. DiskGenius is capable of changing partition size without data loss, and it provides a couple of options to meet different requirement: resize partition, extend partition, split partition, etc.
Now we'll use third-party disk partition software to resize partition. Step 1. Right-click on the partition you want to change its size and select " Resize Partition ". Note: "Resize Partition" can shrink the selected partition and move disk space to other partitions; if you just want to expand the partition, then select "Extend Partition"; "Split Partition" will divide the partition into two smaller partitions.
Step 2. The click Start button to move disk space. Disk space can be spared from both sides of the partition, and the screenshot above shows DiskGenius is moving Besides, you can also choose to create a new partition or just leave it as unallocated. After clicking Start button, you'll receive message telling operations to be done, click OK to continue.
What will you do if there is free space on your hard drive? If the free space is very large, you can create a new partition on it, while if the unallocated space is not large enough to create a partition, you can try allocating it to an existing partition without formatting hard drive. You can follow this guide to allocate free space to partition in Windows without losing data. Launch DiskGenius from your computer and locate the free space from the software. Right-click on the free space and choose " Allocate Free Space To ".
Then you can select a partition to add the space. In this example, there is Step 3. Click Yes when you receive following information and DiskGenius continues to move disk space to specified partition. On account that Windows operating system does not support EXT4 file system which is the default file system of Linux, and thus users can neither create EXT4 partition nor format a partition to EXT4 on Windows platform.
From the above content, we know that the free partition software is necessary to make up the disadvantages of Disk Management. It breaks out the limitations of Disk Management and makes disk partition management in Windows PC as easy as a pie. In this section, we will show you how to use the free partition manager. First of all, download the best free partition software, install and launch it on your Windows PC. After entering its main interface, you can right-click any one partition to check all available functions as shown in the screenshot.
Among all features, this below demonstration mainly tells how it extend a partition when the unallocated space is not adjacent : first, move the partition between the target partition and the unallocated space to the right side, and then enlarge partition with unallocated space:. Step 1. Step 3. Now, the unallocated space is located right behind the target partition. Step 4. These days, there are plenty of completely free disk partition software programs that even the novice tinkerer will love.
Whether you're expanding your Windows system partition, shrinking it to make room for an operating system dual-boot setup, or combining your two media partitions for those new UHD movie rips, these free disk partition tools will surely come in handy. MiniTool Partition Wizard includes more partition management tools than most similar programs, even ones you might pay for. Not only does the free MiniTool Partition Wizard support regular functions like formatting, deleting, moving, resizing, splitting, merging, and copying partitions, but it also can check the file system for errors, run a surface test, wipe partitions with various data sanitization methods, and align partitions.
In addition to the above, MiniTool Partition Wizard is able to move the operating system to a different hard drive as well as recover lost or deleted partitions. There's also a file recovery program, disk space analyzer, and benchmark tool built-in. One thing we don't like about MiniTool Partition Wizard is that it doesn't support manipulating dynamic disks. AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition has a lot more options that are out in the open as well as hidden away in menus than many other free partition software tools, but don't let that scare you away.
You can resize, merge, create, format, align, split, and recover partitions with AOMEI Partition Assistant, as well as copy whole disks and partitions. Some of the partition management features with AOMEI's tool are limited and offered only in their paid, professional version. One such feature is the ability to convert between primary and logical partitions. You can also use AOMEI Partition Assistant to create a bootable Windows flash drive, move an operating system to an entirely different hard drive, and wipe all the data from a partition or drive.
Simple wizards make it easy to walk through some of these tasks. There are other features, too, like imaging a whole drive for backup purposes, converting between MBR and GPT, creating FAT32 partitions as large as 1 TB, editing boot records, and rolling back changes by auto-backing up partition layouts.
When [email protected] Partition Manager resizes a partition, you can define the custom size in either megabytes or sectors. Unfortunately, it can't resize locked volumes, which means it won't let you change the size of the system volume.
Managing the size of a partition in EaseUS Partition Master is dead simple thanks to their easy to use slider that lets you drag left and right to shrink or expand a partition. Modifications exist only virtually , which means you're only seeing a preview of what will happen if you save the changes, but nothing is actually set in stone yet.
Changes don't take effect until you click the Execute button. We particularly like this feature so things like expanding and copying partitions can be done in one swipe instead of having to reboot between each operation, thus saving tons of time.
The list of pending operations is even shown on the side of the program so you can clearly see what will happen when you apply them. You can also password protect EaseUS Partition Master, hide partitions, upgrade the system drive to a larger bootable drive, merge partitions, defragment a drive, and copy Windows to a different hard drive.
One thing we don't like about this program is that several features are only available in the full, paid version, but are still clickable.
This means you might sometimes try to open something in the free version only to be prompted to buy the professional one. GParted runs entirely from a bootable disc or USB device, but it still has a full user interface like a regular program, so it's not at all difficult to use. Editing a partition's size is easy because you can choose the exact size of the free space before and after the partition, using either a regular text box or a sliding bar to visually see the size increase or decrease.
Changes GParted makes to disks are queued up and then applied with one click.
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