System Image restore Help (Win10)

[bystander36]

I'm using Windows 10, and my boot drive has died, or at least, it is being extremely flaky, and I bought a replacement. The replacement is twice the size of the original. After doing a system image restore, the partition is the size of the original disk size (240Gb), my new disk is 500Gb. I cannot find a way with disk management to extend the boot partition to use up the rest of the disk space.

The best I seem to be capable of is to create another partition with the unused space. I'd much prefer to have a single C: partition, rather than two. Is there any way to extend this partition, or change the size of it during the image restore process?

 

[Elixer]

Sure, use Paragon Partition Manager (free version), or
MiniTool Partition Wizard 9.1 (also free) or..or..or...

 

[ArisVer]

What are the Disk Management options in Windows 10?
You can probably extend the C partition to gain the unused space. Try right click. Maybe the option is not there or greyed out.
Or try the tools above. I like MiniTool Partition Wizard.

 

[pcgeek11]

In Windows 10 on my notebook I have the option to shrink or expand the disk...

 

[bystander36]

The Windows 10 options only lets me shrink volume. Extend is grayed out, even though there is 240+GB of unpartitioned space, but there is this 450MB "healthy (recovery partition)" between the two.

 

[bystander36]

I'll give those free utilities a try later today.

 

[ArisVer]

Try creating a partition of the unused space and then try extending your C partition.

 

[bystander36]

Try creating a partition of the unused space and then try extending your C partition.

I already tried that. It won't let yo do that on your boot drive.

 

[bystander36]

I ended up just using that unused space for games. It'll be my fast game location.

 

[pcgeek11]

The Windows 10 options only lets me shrink volume. Extend is grayed out, even though there is 240+GB of unpartitioned space, but there is this 450MB "healthy (recovery partition)" between the two.

That is why you cannot extend the partition. The one you have is butted up against the 450MB Recovery Partition.

With a third party tool you could move that partition to the end of the unused space and then you could extend the main partition.

 

[XavierMace]

That is why you cannot extend the partition. The one you have is butted up against the 450MB Recovery Partition.

With a third part tool you could move that partition to the end of the unused space and then you could extend the main partition.

I believe Disk Management also has issues with GPT disks.

 

[pcgeek11]

I believe Disk Management also has issues with GPT disks.

Not in my experience...