Windows – How to extend a partition to unallocated space on the left

disk-managementpartitioningwindows 8

I want to extend the partition C: (without losing its contents) by adding the extra free (Unallocated) space before it. However as you can see, the extend is disabled. I know that extend will be enabled when the extra space is after the main partition, the reverse of this situation.

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How can I achieve this?

Best Answer

Extending the next partition to the left is, as I think, impossible with Windows Disk Management.

So you would need to use software like GParted to do that. Booting from USB stick or CD/DVD would be needed.

Please run

chkdsk /f c:

before booting GParted.

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