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How to extend a drive in Windows 10/11 for free using AOMEI Partition Assistant

How to extend a drive in Windows 10/11 for free using AOMEI Partition Assistant

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Have you ever run out of space on a drive and needed to extend it? But Windows Disk Management doesn't allow you to extend the drive? Or maybe you shrunk a drive but since it is not adjacent to the drive you want to extend, you can't extend it? This is a quick guide on how to do it.

What is AOMEI Partition Assistant?​

AOMEI Partition Assistant is a free partition manager that allows you to manage your hard drive partitions. It is a powerful tool that lets you create, delete, format, resize, move, merge, split, copy, and recover partitions. It supports all Windows operating systems, including Windows 10 and Windows 11. It is a great tool for managing your hard drive partitions and is easy to use. It is a great alternative to Windows Disk Management and is free to use.

Shrinking a drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant​

Shrinking a device means reducing the size of the drive. This is useful when you want to create a new partition or free up space for another drive.

  1. Download and install AOMEI Partition Assistant.
  2. Open AOMEI Partition Assistant.
  3. Right-click on the drive you want to shrink and select Resize/Move Partition.
  4. Drag the slider to the left to shrink the drive.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Apply on the top left corner.
  7. Click Proceed to confirm the operation.
  8. Wait for the operation to complete.

That's it! You have successfully shrunk a drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant.

Extending a drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant​

  1. Download and install AOMEI Partition Assistant.
  2. Open AOMEI Partition Assistant.
  3. Right-click on the drive you want to extend and select Resize/Move Partition.
  4. Drag the slider to the right to extend the drive.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Apply on the top left corner.
  7. Click Proceed to confirm the operation.
  8. Wait for the operation to complete.

That's it! You have successfully extended a drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant.

What if

If you are unable to extend the drive because the unallocated space is not adjacent to the drive you want to extend, you can use the Merge Partitions feature in AOMEI Partition Assistant to merge the unallocated space with the drive you want to extend.

Or you can use the Move Partition feature to move the unallocated space next to the drive you want to extend.

Refer to this video for a visual guide on how to extend a drive using AOMEI Partition Assistant.