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How to safely extend c drive in Windows 11 when the menu grayed out?
Hi everyone, On my Windows 11 PC, the C drive is 80 GB and the free space is very small. I have to manually delete the files in order to make more room for C drive. Now, I’m trying to extend C dr...
Don't waste time on the built-in Disk Management utility. The Extend Volume... option is grayed out.
If you really want to increase the C drive space without losing data, please follow this step-by-step guide instead:
https://www.howtogeeker.com/increase-c-drive-on-windows-pc
Disk Management is a comprehensive tool for disk partition, shrinking and creations on Windows 11. If the Extend C drive is grayed out in Windows 11, you can follow the below suggestions to fix the issue and increase C drive space without formatting on any PC.
- If the drive uses MBR and you need more than four partitions, consider converting it to GPT (after backing up your data).
- Ensure the C: drive is formatted as NTFS to enable the Extend Volume option.
- Use a third-party partition management tool to move partitions or merge unallocated space next to the C: drive.
Thanks for your second suggestion.