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Why need a partition manager in Windows 10?
As we all know, Disk Management Windows 10, Command Prompt and Diskpart are commonly used Windows built-in disk and partition management tools. But either way, they don’t fully meet our needs, because they have limitations in some environments and can’t help us solve problems. Therefore, we need a more comprehensive partition manager to implement more advanced or professional operations on disks or partitions.
Overview of free partition manager in Windows 10 and 11
From the above content, we can know that free partition software is necessary to make up for the drawbacks of Windows built-in partition management software. But for Windows users, which one is the best in the face of numerous disk partition management software on the market? Here, I highly recommend you to use AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. It breaks out the limitations of Disk Management and makes disk partition management in Windows PC as easy as possible.
- All-in-one tool: Offers many powerful features and is designed by a professional team.
- Strong Compatibility: It is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 64-bit and 32-bit PC.
- Graphical User Interface: With a friendly interface, each function provides guidance, so that users will not be confused during the use.
- High security: Each operation performed will only take effect after the final confirmation, and there will be no data loss due to a wrong click.
Download and install AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, you can see this interface after opening it. All disks and partitions in your computer will be listed and you can perform various operations.
Demonstration: How does this partition manager work?
Now, you may have a basic understanding of AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, but do you want to know how it works? Next, I’ll show you how to extend volumes in different situations.
Extend volume with adjacent unallocated space
If you want to extend the C drive, and there is adjacent unallocated space behind the C drive, in this case, you can use this method to extend the C drive.
Step 1. Locate the partition you want to extend, right-click on it, and select “Resize Partition”.
You will now find that there is a white bar adjacent to the green bar, which is unallocated space.
Step 2. Drag the circle to remove the white bars to extend the partition. After completion, still click “OK” to return to the main interface.
Step 3. Click “Apply” to submit the operations.
Extend volume with non-adjacent unallocated space
When there is no adjacent unallocated space behind the C drive, how to expand it? If you use Windows built-in tools, you have no way to execute the target volume in this case. However, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard provides the perfect solution for you.
Step 1. Right-click the C drive and choose “Merge Partitions”.
Step 2. Tick the non-adjacent unallocated space and click “OK”.
Step 3. Click “Apply” to commit the pending operation.
Extend volume with no unallocated space
If there is adjacent unallocated space behind the C drive, you can try Resize Partitions. If the C drive is not adjacent to the unallocated space, you can try Merge Partitions. But how to expand C drive if there is no unallocated space on the hard drive? Don’t worry, this disk partition manager in Windows 10 and 11 still has a workaround for you after turning to the Pro version.
Step 1. In the main interface of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, select “Allocate Free Space”.
Step 2. Then type in the size of the free space which you want to cut from D drive and this free space will be directly added into the C drive.
Step 3. You can take a preview of the operation result before confirming start. Click “Apply” to execute this operation.
Do you see? Allocate Free Space allows you to allocate the extra space of other partitions to the C drive. In this way, you can extend the C drive without unallocated space.
Conclusion
Here are 3 different ways to extend C drive with AOMEI Partition Assistant, each method is simple and practical, if you are looking for a powerful partition manager in Windows 10, then you should not miss it. In addition, it can also clone HDD to SSD for free, convert data disk from MBR to GPT, etc.
