Unable to Extend Volume C: Windows 7 Built-In Tool Inactive, Seeking to Add 500MB to C Drive

This is the situation, I want to add the free 500MB to the C: drive and unfortunately the extend volume option is inactive, I am using the built-in tool from Windows 7




I am asking for tips on what to do to extend the C volume.

You won't do anything this way. The C volume is protected by the system.
You need to use some free disk partitioning program, for example:
- EASEUS Partition Master 11.9 Free Edition

You can also use the free GParted utility that runs from live cd.

And is it also possible to make the current logical drive C a primary partition that currently belongs to the D drive? Of course, no data loss.
EASEUS Partition Master 11.9 Free Edition couldn't handle it, Geparted will try it.

tomiqu wrote:

And is it possible to make the current logical C drive a primary partition?

Not.

Kasek21 wrote:

tomiqu wrote:

And is it possible to make the current logical C drive a primary partition?

Not.

Are you sure? I'll do it in 5 minutes. However, I do not fully understand the phrase:

tomiqu wrote:

which currently belongs to drive D?

Primary partitions can be 4 in MBR style.

PS The partitioning is interesting I must say. At least 50GB of free space is required for the system. In addition, for Windows 7 it is around 70GB.
If it is possible to free up space, it should be released. There is no point in allocating only 500MB, you will probably get more by deleting temporary files. In addition, 500MB of free space will be filled up very quickly. You would have to increase the Windows 7 partition by at least 5-10GB. The problem is that the disk is completely full. Maybe you should consider adding a new disk, or buying a larger one and making a sectoral copy of this disk to a new one - then you can freely enlarge the Windows 7 partition.

I would like to thank everyone for their advice because I was able to use GParted The very operation with this program lasted about 25 minutes. It was not without a moment of terror because after the operation Windows 7 did not want to start, the installation CD and the REPAIR option helped. Now it looks like this:



mati211p I agree with you that these 500MB of added space is a drop, but I meant more a trial, now I will transfer about 5 GB to the disk with Windows 7 because I use 99.9% of it. Windows XP stayed because I have a fondness for it, I used it for so many years I have installed Windows 7 for about 6 years and during this time it has grown to almost 36GB! Of course, before adding free space, I did all the steps to free up the maximum amount of free space on C (CCleaner, transfer all unnecessary files to another disk) but of course I assume the option of buying a second disk. And immediately a question to this: will I have to install a new system after buying a new disk or will it be possible to transfer the "old" with all settings to this new disk?

Everything can be transferred without data loss by making a cross-sector copy. Of course, you may need to fix your booting with the install CD again. Among other things, I saw that you already have the swap file on E.

you need to use some tool that works outside of the windows environment, e.g. Linux Live cd
and you will do it without a problem, but I have to warn you that there is a risk that linux can damage the partition table and MBR, so before playing, make a copy of important data

Gparted has already taken care of it, thank you. Subject solved.