Sooner or later, any computer useris faced with such a problem as lack of free space on the system partition of the hard drive. Here comes the question: "How to expand the C drive?". In principle, its overflow occurs for a variety of reasons. Each person has different ways. Either there are too many programs installed, in particular games. It is on the system partition. Someone permanently deletes files and at the same time forgets to clean the trash. Someone initially was mistaken and at installation of an operating system set the size of the system partition too small. More advanced users try to expand the space on the C drive by removing unnecessary programs and temporary files. But sooner or later even such actions cease to bring the desired result, and we begin to look for a way how to expand the hard drive. It becomes clear that the size of the system partition should be increased. Next, we will look in detail at the way how to expand the C drive and not harm the information stored on it.
Мы попробуем это сделать двумя способами.First, by the operating system itself. In Windows 7, to expand the C drive is quite simple. All this is done relatively quickly. The main thing is to keep the information you need on some other medium. This is done in the event of some kind of malfunction or force majeure, when it is impossible to expand the C drive.
Windows 8 provides the same tools forincrease in space. Therefore, this method is also applicable to this operating system. The second way will be with the help of third-party software. This is an easy and free utility that will help you to quickly solve this problem. Now let's talk about everything in more detail.
First we need to go to the "Management" tabcomputer. "To do this, right-click on the" My Computer "icon and go to the" Management "tab.In the left menu we need to select" Disk Management. "When this tab opens, you will see in the window all the media that are connected now to the computer, each hard disk can be divided into several logical ones, the first one will be "Disk 0." The right side will display the space reserved by the system and the logical partitions (C, D, E, F, etc.). You have only one C drive and it is full, then expand space does not work, in which case you need to install one more physical disk, and if you have several logical partitions, then go further.
The principle of action is as follows:We must expand the C drive at the expense of the adjacent logical partition. It can be a disk D, E and so on. In the same way, you can increase not only section C, but also others, if you have such a need.
So, we delete the next disk, for example, D.Click on it with the right mouse button and select the option "Delete volume". Click OK. Immediately after this, this volume should appear in black. It should say "Tom is not distributed." Now you can add the space we need to drive C. To do this, right-click on the section C and select "Expand Volume". Click "Next" and select the size that we want to add.
Можно использовать максимальный размер, как будет suggested by default, or choose at your discretion. Click "Next" and then "Finish". If no additional windows popped up, the operation was successful. You have learned how to expand the drive with the means of Windows 7. The main thing to remember is that the system partition can be increased only if there is free space to the right of it. Otherwise, nothing happens.
What else could be the difficulty?Suppose we have five volumes. We want to configure them so that part of the space is added to the C drive and the other to the D drive. When you delete one of the partitions, we may not have the Delete Volume function active, and the Expand Volume option is not available on Volume C.
The thing is, style can be used.MBR section. This is an outdated style. In this case, two adjacent volumes can be connected by a green frame. This means that you cannot create more than four volumes with the MBR partition style. Now you have learned how to expand the D drive or split it into several parts. Now let's talk about additional features.
There is such a program as Paragon.On the official website you can download a utility called Partition Manager. Download and install it on your computer. You can download to a USB flash drive. The program is free, but to get an activation key, you must register. You can do this directly from the installer by clicking on the link.
Having opened the program, we get to the menu where you canselect five operations. We need a second Resize Partition. This means resizing the partition. Click the Next button and get into the control window. It displays a similar picture that we saw in the Windows 7 disk management section. You can expand drive C here using the same principle.
You will see a scale on which allyour physical media and logical partitions on them. Also from left to right. First, the place reserved by the system, then drive C and the following volumes, if any. Also at the top will be indicated the section style and the number of the media. This program is still easier than the operating system. We need to click on the sections that interest us. They will be highlighted with a red frame, and then open in a separate window. Here we will not need to delete volumes, and then create something again. Everything is done much faster.
Below there is a special slider.We can move it right or left. We just need to move the slider to the desired position in order to increase the size on one section and to decrease it on the other. We can also visually observe an increase in the system partition. Next to the slider there are numbers with the help of which we can navigate how much we increase the volume. If desired, they can be entered manually for each section. To enter the disk size in the third way, you must hover the mouse on the volume border and left-click. Arrows appear in the window. Now, moving left or right, you can move the boundaries of the division sections, increasing or decreasing the size of the desired volume. Everything is very simple.
Next, click Next.Here we are warned that it is necessary to apply the changes. Select the top item "Yes, apply the changes". We are also informed that the computer will restart, and the process of allocating disk space can take a long time. It depends on the fragmentation of your disk and on its filling with various garbage. Next, click Next, then - "Restart the computer".
Make sure all other programs areclosed, and all documents are saved. After the reboot, you will see the program window. No need to take any action. Everything will happen automatically. During this process, do not restart the computer or turn it off. This can lead to loss of all data on hard drives. At the end of this process, another computer restart will occur. Now you need to go to the hard drive explorer and check if the changes have occurred. Thus, you learned how to expand the C drive on your computer using special utilities.
In conclusion, you need to pay attention toseveral important aspects. The most important thing that you should do before any operations with hard disks is to save information from them. It is advisable to do this on another carrier that you will not break. You can also save it to the cloud storage.
Another important aspect is to never interrupt.computer operation at the time of the operation of dividing the disk into sections. This is guaranteed to result in data loss and may also cause a system crash. You will have to format the disk and reinstall the system. Of course, there are programs to recover lost data, but this is a completely different story.
