Sometimes, you may find that the “Extend Volume” option in the Disk Management module is greyed out on Windows Server 2019 when you try to extend your partitions. Don’t worry! This article will show you how to extend a partition even when the "Extend Volume" option is greyed out.
You may have experienced a situation where, when you try to extend a specific partition that is running out of space, you open Disk Management, right-click the partition, and—Voila!—the extend partition option is greyed out, leaving you unable to do anything about it.
How to Extend Partition when Extend Volume is Greyed Out
Fortunately, this article provides a solution to enable the Extend Volume option in Disk Management, as well as methods for safely resizing partitions without losing data, using IM-Magic Partition Resizer SERVER.
Disk Management can't extend a volume in the following cases:
Also read: How to extend FAT32 partitions
Before deleting any data, please back up the drive to another one. You can do this by simply copying the files, or by using the IM-Magic Partition Resizer tool to fully clone one partition to another.
Also read: How to copy partition to bacup data
Video - How to shrink/delete a volume in Disk Management to extend a volume (without using any third-party software)
Note: If the unallocated space is not next to the C: drive (or whichever drive you want to expand), or other issues are present (e.g., MBR disk, non-NTFS partition, extended partition), the Extend Volume option will still be disabled. These issues can easily be resolved by using IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server, which can extend, shrink, merge, convert, and move partitions without data loss.
Problem: Extend volume would grey out if there is recovery partition or OEM partition stands in the way.
Solution: Move or delete the recovery partition. (Disk Management cannot move or delete the recovery partition)
Besides managing disk space without data loss, IM-Magic Partition Resizer can also help clone disks, migrate OS, convert disks to GPT without data loss, check and repair bad sectors, fix logical damages, and more.
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Note: Extending a volume requires unallocated space. Here are a few ways to create unallocated space:
This step-by-step guide will show you how to extend any volume using IM-Magic Partition Resizer.
Step 1: Download, install, and launch the program.
Step 2: Right-click the large volume to create unallocated space.
Steps to resize your disk partition
Step 3: Right-click C: and drag the border to acquire the free space if the unallocated space is next to the drive you want to expand. If not, right-click the in-between partition to move it, then extend C:.
Steps to resize your disk partition
Step 4: Apply the changes in the software to implement the adjustments.
For more tutorials, feel free to visit https://www.resize-c.com/video/
Why IM-Magic Partition Resizer?
Disk Management | IM-Magic Partition Resizer* | |
---|---|---|
Extend NTFS Partition with Adjacent Unallocated Space on the Right Side | ||
Extend FAT32 Partition | NO | |
Move Unallocated Space | NO | |
Move Partition | NO | |
Move System Reserved/Recovery Partition | NO | |
Delete System Reserved/Recovery Partition | NO | |
Convert Disk to GPT without Losing Data | NO | |
Clone Disk | NO | |
Migrate OS | NO | |
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IM-Magic Partition Resizer has a free version for Windows PC platforms, from XP, Vista, 7, 8 to 11. For Windows Server OS, Partition Resizer Server offers more stable functions to help manage disk space on Windows Servers.
Please download the appropriate edition as needed.