How to increase the space on the C: step by step instruction

This article answers the question: "How to increase the space on the C drive?" It provides both instructions for working in third-party utilities, and in the built-in program. It should be noted that the increase in the size of the system partition is carried out by reducing the volume of one of the neighboring. And it is necessary that they are located on the same physical drive. Of course, the adjacent space of the next partition should not be occupied by files. The instruction is suitable for any version of Windows OS.

Aomei Partition Assistant

Aomei is a free utility that allows you to perform any manipulation of hard disks. During the installation, it does not install any advertising applications. The interface is fully translated into Russian. The utility supports any version of Windows OS, starting with 7.

Be careful! Any actions in programs of this type can lead to data loss. Make a backup of important documents in case of an unexpected malfunction or an unexpected power outage.

Step-by-step instruction

After installing the program, run it.

The main window will show the hard disks and their partitions. при помощи приложения Aomei? How to increase the space on the C drive due to the D drive using the Aomei application?

Right-click on the section D. A menu will open in which you need to select "Resize".

In the displayed window, you can edit the disk size by dragging the borders to the right and left or by entering numeric values in the input lines. It is necessary to move the boundaries so that the unoccupied space is located after the partition C. When you finish the configuration, click on OK.

Increase the size of partition C due to the new unoccupied volume. Click on OK.

Now click on the "Apply" button in the main window of the Aomei utility.

как на диске С увеличить место , программа несколько раз перезагрузит компьютер. Before the disk space C is increased , the program will restart the computer several times. Between reboots and will be performed basic operations. Therefore, if the OS does not start for a long time, please be patient.

In the same utility, you can create a bootable USB flash drive. With it, partition editing is performed outside the OS. Reboot the PC with this approach during the operation is not required.

Downloading the utility is available on the official developer resource.

MiniTool Partition Wizard Free

Partition Wizard - a free application that will help you perform any actions with partitions of the hard drive. Its only drawback is the lack of a Russian translation.

After downloading the utility will display a window with almost the same interface as Aomei. The actions that need to be taken before the disk space C is increased are also completely similar.

So:

• Expand the context menu by right-clicking on the image of partition D;
• Click on the label Resize Partition and edit the space so that the area with an unoccupied space is to the right of the system disk;
• Now do the same with the C partition, but do not reduce its volume, but increase it;
• Click on OK, and then on "Apply";
• After the program has completed all operations, open the "Explorer" to make sure that the space is correctly allocated.

To download the Partition Wizard, go to the official website of the utility.

Built-in OS tools

увеличить место на системном диске даже в том случае, когда установка стороннего софта невозможна. There is a way that will help increase the space on the system disk even if the installation of third-party software is impossible. I must say that the built-in utilities do not allow performing the necessary operation without losing data written to the neighboring system partition. Therefore, all important information should be stored on a separate drive.

So:

1. Open the "Run" dialog. In the line, type the text diskmgmt.msc. Click on OK.
2. The main window of the Disk Management application appears on the display. It will show all the drives installed in the system unit, and a diagram of their partitions. Do not do anything with hidden disks, if you do not understand why they are needed.
3. Open the dialog menu of drive D by clicking on its rectangle in the diagram. Click on the inscription "Delete". After this operation, free space will appear to the right of section C.
4. How on the C drive to increase space? Expand the context menu of section C. Click on the text "Expand".
5. In the window that appears, enter the volume (in MB) to which you want to increase the disk. If you do not make any changes here, the system will automatically take all available space.

When you need to slightly increase the system partition, and then create an additional one again, click on the rectangle that indicates the remaining unallocated space. Click on the text "Create volume" and set its size.

Conclusion

увеличить место на диске С. Windows 7 и более старшие версии могут похвастать встроенным инструментом, однако его функционал не дотягивает до уровня сторонних продуктов. In addition to the tools described, there are many utilities that can help increase disk space. Windows 7 and older versions can boast a built-in tool, but its functionality does not reach the level of third-party products.

Always remember that performing low-level operations with any drive is risky. Before each action it is desirable to make backups of at least important data, and if possible, then full copies of hard disks.