How do I enlarge the system drive C:?
On my desktop PC (Windows 10), the C: drive is full, but the D: drive is completely empty. I've tried everything to expand it with partitions and everything… The problem is that I have so little storage that I can't download any third-party software. Please don't come up with "Move directories to D: via Properties → Path, etc." I've tried everything regarding memory optimization, but I can't move the programs, can I? Or can I move them to the D: drive during installation? How can I turn the empty D: drive into the C: drive with the system? Please help me!
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Your details are quite irritating.
Apart from that Win10 doesn’t fit a 22 GB partition, there were such small hard drives over 20 years ago.
For the sake of clarity, it would be useful to have Screenshots from your complete Data medium management to push forward
Press the Windows button + print(s). – You can find the screenshot under “Images” in the subfolder “Screenshots”.
In principle, the two partitions can only be merged if a) they are located on one and the same disk and
b) the partition to be expanded (C:) is left of (D:).
Thank you for your message. See the screenshot in my supplement above.
My C: record had become too small. So I bought a bigger one. On the occasion I didn’t install Windows 10 on it anymore, but like Windows 11. I have now so much spacethat it is safe for the next six years.
I copied the old record data. I bought a case for m.2 NVMes and then connected via USB.
Hello Dav,
You only have C: and D:, otherwise no more drives, right?
What works if you completely delete the D: Partition in the disk management, so that the free memory is displayed as an unpartitioned one.
After that, you can click on C: and to enlarge.
Then you can create a new D:.
(or increase C: up to maximum)
I tried that, but the option enlarged appears excavated and is not available. Is that because there are two different hard drives in the PC?
Enlargement usually works when right next to C: no further Partition is more.
If you have a 2nd or 3rd hard drive, don’t care.
Theoretically, but this is very susceptible to mistakes. Alternative see below:
You can usually select the installation path during the installation process, where you can also choose a drive D:\.
For this, you would have to reinstall Windows completely.
P.S.: Another alternative would be the drive D: to delete in computer administration and drive C: to expand the released range. This is only possible if drives C: & D: are located on the same hard drive and the partition of drive D: directly follows that of drive C:.
There are two different hard drives… A new installation would be fine, what should I do? Clon the hard drive to the other? Do you have a helpful tutorial? As I said, I don’t have space for a third program.
P.S. The screenshots as described by @hans39 would certainly be useful for better assessment. I really can’t imagine 22 GB.
The smaller one will probably be an SSD in this case and the bigger one HDD. It makes sense that Windows is installed on the SSD.
It would be more sensible to uninstall larger programs from the SSD and then reinstall them on the HDD. When installing programs, you can usually set the path in the installation program. Create a program folder on D:\ and select it when installing.
If you are using Steam o.A., you can also create an installer on D:\.
In this case, Windows would completely reinstall to the 500 GB hard drive.
Screenshots have I filed, see question
So games can definitely be screened on D…
That’s really easy. With a Linux live stick and gparted first reduce drive D, then increase drive C accordingly.
Two drives to connect is possible in a RAID.
You could support it with SW RAID if your motherboard supports it. If you don’t have to buy Hardware RAID.
You can change the partitions using tools like Partition magic or gparted live CD. To do this, you should secure the most important data and then start from a USB stick using the tools mentioned
but this is only possible if the partitions are stored in the same hard drive, right?
Even without RAID. The second plate is then mounted only not as an independent drive, but as a directory of the first ones in its structure. (This can be Windows for many years and Linux is basically no matter what physical device the folder structure directories are on.)
Howee??????
That’s all if the two drives were on a disk – then it wouldn’t be a raid.
A RAID would create a drive (volume) via multiple disks.
Only that’s different than you have formulated – but most likely mean. 😉
Yeah, you’re right.
As I said, I have no storage space for another program. Is there another way?
Right. If C: is on a record only for yourself, then you should clonezilla the hard drive with another tool like clonezilla and grab the cloned image on a larger hard drive. This partition could then also be enlarged, as the hard disk itself would be larger.
You can’t “connect” hard drives, how do you imagine?
You can easily move things to your D: drive.
If it is not “hard disks” but rather partitions on ON hard disk, it is quite possible to increase the system partition by simply deleting the unused second partition and then expanding the first one by the free memory.
When it comes to multiple hard drives…. where is the problem of attaching the second hard drive as a directory to the first? It goes without saying that his problems arise when one of the panels involved fails.
@Xandros can you explain how this is going to “hang” the second hard drive…?
@SIR420743 yes, that is now aware of me after I have screwed up and saw that there are two different hard drives. 😀 But how can I reinstall C: completely on D: and that the system by drive D: on the big hard drive?