Fix Extend Volume Option Grayed Out In Windows 10 Disk Management

Since the "Extend Volume" option show grayed out when the unallocated space is not adjacent to the partition you want to extend, you can delete the partition between them to fix the problem. This method is usually not so good because you will lose all data stored on the partition after deleting.

1. Why is the Extend Volume option greyed out?
2. Why can't I extend volume Windows 10?
3. Why can't I extend volume in C drive?
4. Why might the Extend Volume option be gray and not available in the shortcut menu when you right click a volume in Disk Management?
5. Why extend volume grayed out and how do you quickly fix it?
6. How do I fix extended volume is greyed out?
7. Why can't ti extend disk management?
8. How do I enable extend volume in C drive?
9. Can't extend C drive unallocated space Windows 10?
10. Can extend C drive because of recovery partition?
11. How do I increase my drive volume?
12. How do I convert unallocated to free space?

Why is the Extend Volume option greyed out?

Why Is Extend Volume Grayed Out

You'll find why is the Extend Volume option greyed out on your computer: There is no unallocated space on your hard drive. There is no contiguous unallocated space or free space behind the partition you want to extend. Windows can't extend is a FAT or other format partition.

Why can't I extend volume Windows 10?

Basically there must be unallocated space directly to the right of the C drive, normally this space is taken up by the D drive so temporally delete all of it (backing up and data you have on there first) then allocate a portion of the free space you need to your C drive (the "Extend Volume" option won't be greyed out ...

Why can't I extend volume in C drive?

You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent unallocated space on the same disk. ... To extend a basic volume, it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.

Why might the Extend Volume option be gray and not available in the shortcut menu when you right click a volume in Disk Management?

The Windows operating system lets you extend any volume provided there is free or unallocated space on its right side. If there is no unallocated space, you will not be offered this option and it will appear grayed out.

Why extend volume grayed out and how do you quickly fix it?

As here is no unallocated space after the C partition drive, so extend volume greyed out. You need to have an “unallocated disk space” to the right of the Partition\Volume you wish to extend on the same drive. Only when “unallocated disk space” is available “extend” option is highlighted or available.

How do I fix extended volume is greyed out?

Since the "Extend Volume" option show grayed out when the unallocated space is not adjacent to the partition you want to extend, you can delete the partition between them to fix the problem. This method is usually not so good because you will lose all data stored on the partition after deleting.

Why can't ti extend disk management?

If the unallocated space is at the left of the target partition, you cannot use Disk Management to extend volume with it too. 4. Disk Management cannot extend volume to unallocated space if the target primary volume is formatted with FAT32. The Extend Volume only supports NTFS and RAW partition.

How do I enable extend volume in C drive?

Follow the steps to enable Extend Volume for system C drive:

1. Back up or transfer all files in drive D to other place.
2. Open Disk Management, right click D: and select Delete Volume.
3. Right click C: drive and select Extend Volume.
4. In the pop-up Extend Volume Wizard window, simply click Next till Finish.

Can't extend C drive unallocated space Windows 10?

Step 1: Download NIUBI Partition Editor, right click D: drive and select "Resize/Move Volume", drag the middle towards right in the pop-up window. Then Unallocated space is moved next to C drive. Step 2: Right click C: drive and select "Resize/Move Volume" again, drag right border towards right in the pop-up window.

Can extend C drive because of recovery partition?

Primary Partition blocked by Recovery Partition

Blocked because you can only extend your existing partition with unallocated space directly to the right of the partition you want to extend. In our case there is a recovery partition in between and therefor the primary partition (C:) cannot be extended.

How do I increase my drive volume?

To extend a volume by using Disk Management

1. Open Disk Management with administrator permissions. ...
2. Select and hold (or right-click) the volume that you want to extend, and then select Extend Volume. ...
3. Select Next, and then on the Select Disks page of the wizard (shown here), specify how much to extend the volume.

How do I convert unallocated to free space?

You just need to right click the partition that is contiguous to the unallocated space and then click Extend Volume option after entering Disk Management of Windows 10. Then, you can follow the extend volume wizard to add unallocated space to the selected partition.