There are several reasons why 'Extend Volume' greyed out in Windows Server 2022/2025, but to solve this problem, you only need one tool. I will introduce the corresponding solutions one by one. Method 1:Shrink partition to make unallocated space ...
This is the most common reason why Extend Volume greyed out in Server 2012 r2 Disk Management. "Extend Volume" function can only extend unallocated space to the contiguous partition on the left. "Shrink Volume" function can only make unallocated space on the right while shrinking a partition. ...
While managing your disk space on your system, you may notice that the ‘Extend Volume’ option is greyed out in the option, meaning you can’t extend the volume of the particular drive. This usually occurs in the case of the system partition or the partition containing the Windows system ...
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The screenshot below shows that there is aWindows Recovery Environment volumebetween your C drive and the unallocated area. Note that theExtend Volumeoption for the disk is greyed out. This means that you will not be able to expand your C: drive until you remove the Recovery partition or mo...
This unallocated space should be right and behind the target drive, otherwise, the button will also be greyed out. As per Microsoft guide : If there's another volume in-between the unallocated space and the volume you want to extend, you can either delete the in-between volume and ...
In this article, we will look at how to properly increase a partition (system drive C:) in Windows if the Extend Volume option is not available (greyed out) in the Disk Management console. You need to move or delete the recovery partition if it prevents (blocks) your volume from extendi...
Note: If the Extend Volume greyed out and cannot be clickable, the reason is that the function of Extend Volume in Windows 10 is only available when there is contiguous unallocated space behind the partition you would like to extend. 2. Create a new partition in Disk Management from C drive...
Extending a partition. I shrinked my E: drive which happens to be the primary partition though Windows is not installed on it. And now when I try to extend the D: drive using the un-allocated space the "Extend volume" option is greyed out. The "Extend volume" option is greyed out ...
That's why some users report that they cannot combine unallocated space with existing partition in Windows 10 and the Extend Volume greyed out. Besides, if the unallocated space shown in Disk Management is in the extended partition, then you will not be able to add it to your primary ...