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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.
How can I achieve this?
wiki
Posted 2013-12-29T17:34:17.753
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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.
pbies
Posted 2013-12-29T17:34:17.753
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1Last time I did that with GParted it messed up my partition. Couldn't boot anymore. – jiggunjer – 2015-12-23T01:08:29.953
Use a newest stable GParted always. – pbies – 2015-12-23T10:47:52.200
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yes it's possible and I found the solution without losing anything;
an application called AOMEI Partition Assistant can do this;
the exact same situation is described here: Windows - Adding Unallocated Drive Space "From the left"
wiki
Posted 2013-12-29T17:34:17.753
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As this can fulfil your requirements, GParted is, as many people can say, better trustworthy than other software of this kind (not only because it is open source). – pbies – 2013-12-29T20:27:57.683
tnx anyway for your clarification – wiki – 2013-12-30T15:12:32.180
Related: Extending hard disk partition backwards without third-party tools.
– Pacerier – 2016-01-04T03:31:52.9873
Possible duplicate of Extend Windows 7 partition to use free space before it
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2016-11-22T17:27:38.2531There's no such thing as "extending to the left" in this case. You're looking to move the partition and then to extend it. You're also looking to move the boot volume. – JdeBP – 2013-12-30T16:57:48.247