{"id":1711,"date":"2015-07-08T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2021-05-13T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T08:39:25","slug":"extend-system-partition-with-free-windows-10-partition-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/extend-system-partition-with-free-windows-10-partition-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Extend System Partition in Windows 10 with Free  Partition Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When computer has been worked for a long time since you bought it, it may reports problem like \u2013there is not enough free disk space in C drive. Windows will inform you that computer is running in low disk space. It is really an annoying problem for people who works mainly rely on PC or servers for example, programmer, designers, software tester, etc.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Low disk space issue on\u00a0Windows 10 system partition<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Low disk space issue happens to Windows 10 as well as other system. We can\u2019t ignore the problem as it may effect computer performance or even system working. How can you fix the problem under Windows 10? Most users will go to Disk Management and sake help from it, for Disk Management provides limited functions for partition management. Disk Management can\u2019t always help you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/manual\/extend-partition.php\">extend partition<\/a>\u00a0for all low disk space issue, because it can\u2019t extend volume when there is not unallocated space next to system partition. Moreover, Windows 10 Disk Management can\u2019t transfer disk space from one drive to another directly.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not satisfied with these limitations in Disk Management, it is still possible to increase size for C drive. What\u2019s the alternative solution? There is free partition manager that includes all functions of Disk Management and makes partition resizing convenient and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>DiskGenius (old name Eassos PartitionGuru)has a free version that is also able to perform partition management including extend system partition without damaging data on disk. This Windows 10 partition manager can convert MBR to GPT without losing data. GPT gains popularity these days since Windows 8 released.<\/p>\n<h1>Free Windows 10 partition manager<\/h1>\n<p>DiskGenius (old name<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/partitionguru.php\"> Eassos PartitionGuru<\/a>) simplifies steps of resizing partition by way of offering a simple wizard. And the extending partition won\u2019t cause data. However, you should pay attention to several points before starting operation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no error or problem with partitions you want to resize; otherwise the program will report errors such as bitmap error. In such case, it\u2019ll be dangerous to continue extending partition. The worst outcome is that files in these two partitions get lost.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure there is free space in the partition from which you want to transfer space.<\/li>\n<li>Guarantee that there is no power failure during the process, otherwise file loss will happen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Steps to extend system partition for Windows 10<\/h1>\n<p>Step 1: Download and install DiskGenius (old name Eassos PartitionGuru). Launch this partition manager to see all partitions in the main interface.\u00a0Right click the partition you plan to extend and select \u201cExtend Partition\u201d.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/resize-exfat-partition-01.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-05.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"894\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Select a partition which contain enough free space so that you can move it to system partition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-06.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"894\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Set disk space you need by entering exact number or dragging double-sided arrow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-07.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"655\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Click \u201cStart\u201d button and DiskGenius (old name Eassos PartitionGuru) will start to extend partition and the rest operation will be done automatically.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-08.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"894\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Boot to DiskGenius WinPE Edition to complete the partition extending process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-09.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"535\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 6: After booting to WinPE, DiskGenius WinPE Edition continues to extending C drive and computer will boot to Windows automatically once the process completes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/img\/how-to-extend-c-drive-12.png\" alt=\"extend partition\" width=\"1026\" height=\"769\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When computer has been worked for a long time since you bought it, it may reports problem like \u2013there is not enough free disk space in C drive. Windows will inform you that computer is running in low disk space. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/extend-system-partition-with-free-windows-10-partition-manager\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[461,634,462,463],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-pg","tag-extend-c-drive","tag-extend-partition-windows-10","tag-extend-system-partition","tag-windows-10-partition-manager","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}