I'm trying to extend in the C partition in Windows 7. I have a D partition to the "right" of C that has extraneous space, so I shrunk it down so that there is unallocated space to the right of D. However, neither EaseUS Partition Home Edition nor Windows 7's own partition manager will allow me to extend the C partition into the newly unallocated space.
I'm sure that I've done this before with another partition manager. Question is, why am I not allowed to extend C into the unallocated space, just because D is between them?
Best Answer
The problem is that Windows does not perform this task because it would have to move the data from the beginning of the D: partition in order to make way for extending the C: partition. Typically, partitioning tools have to boot into a PE environment to perform the task and make sure that the Windows install doesn't have a lock on the data that needs to be moved.
I use a utility called MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Editionand it does the trick for such operations. The product is free, but there are some limitations on how many changes you can perform at once - it will do fine for what you want to do.