Use the Command Prompt’s ‘Diskpart’ to manage partitions How do you work with these partitions? Let us learn more in this article. Sometimes, it is possible to have unallocated space towards the end of the drive. Only in this case can you extend partitions using the disk management tool.īut this constraint can pose a problem, right? Not always do we have ‘Unallocated’ space to the right of the partition we are trying to extend. Why is this? It is because, in order to extend a partition, you must have ‘Unallocated’ or ‘free’ space immediately adjacent (to the right) of the partition you are trying to extend. For instance, you may find the ‘Extend volume’ option greyed out even though there is ‘Unallocated’ space on the hard drive. Using this tool, you can format, partition, extend and shrink partitions on your hard drive.īut what’s important to understand is that there are protocols you need to follow before performing certain operations.
There is indeed no doubt that Disk Management in Windows is a wonderful tool to manage partitions on your hard drive.
