Creating more space on C:/

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schugeorge67

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Hi, I just bought an ASUS X555LA laptop with 1TB HDD. I knew that many HDD are partitioned as C:/ and D:/. D:/ usually for Recovery or similar, and are usually way smaller..My old HP is 500GB with 438 on C:/ and only 25GB for D:/ Recovery.... When I got home I noticed that only 371GB is on C:/ and 558 on D:/. I want to make C:/ bigger. and leave D:/ as backup or whatever. I don't have anything on D:/ yet so if I'm going to do this I'd want to do it now to avoid losing anything I might store there. What is the safest and simplest way to do this. I am running Windows 10. Before I do this what are the pros and cons..I don't really know much about using two partitions as I have now. Thank you in advance
 
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If you have nothing on D: , you should be able to go into Storage Manager and use the SHRINK function (except you will be doing the opposite).

1. Open Storage Manager. The D: partition should follow C: and label as SIMPLE PARTITION, not recovery.
2. Highlight D: and Delete Partition.
3. Highlight C: and SHRINK, giving it an new desired size.
4. If there are still space leftover (unallocated) can use that to create a new D: if you wish.

This stuff is kinda dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. We can only give you an overview. Not responsible for any damage.
 
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tlhudson69

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the correct term is "shrink" but you change 375GB to 750GB or whatever... And he said nothing installed (not an empty partition) no games ect. Win only...... NOTE: NEW LAPTOP MAY HAVE HIDDEN FILES ON THE "APPARENTLY" EMPTY PARTITION!! USE CAUTION WHEN DELETION THIS!!
 
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