Combine partition from front of drive with unallocated space at end of drive

likiud · Sep 7, 2014

I just replaced my 80gb HDD with a 128gb SSD on a laptop running windows xp.

When I cloned the drive, it left some unallocated space at the end of the drive.

I want to take the unallocated space and add it to Drive C: How do I go about doing that? and with what tools?

Drive D: is the HP system recovery that I want to keep.

Eduello · Sep 7, 2014

This is for Windows 7, but it should give you a general idea on what to do: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
EDIT: I'm not quite sure that the guide in that link will work on XP, but if it doesn't, you can use a third-party software like this one: http://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/

popatim · Sep 7, 2014

You cant without 3rd party tools since D: is in between C: and the unallocated space. Unallocated space need to be to the immediate right of the partition you wish to extend.

be sure you create a backup and have made your recovery media before you begin messing with your partitions.

Since you just cloned, you might be able to use a different cloning too that allows you to expand C: while you clone again.

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