How to Extend System Partition (extend c drive) to Optimize the Performance of Your Computer?

Risk of low disk space and advantages of extending system partition:

Have you ever met low disk space warning when using the computer (see the picture bellow)? Windows create the low disk space warning to alert computer users to indicate there is not enough space on the disk. When this warning pop out, it means that you will suffer a big risk of data loss and low work efficiency with the computer. The typical reason is without enough space for the system, the computer will not work efficiently and stably. Besides, defragment and more installation are not available. One way to solve this big problem is to enlarge the system partition to optimize disk space usage and get powerful disk management to increase the efficiency of Windows-based system administration. The most critical thing of doing so is to ensure the safety and the stability of the computer to make your valuable data in the lowest risk of loss. EASEUS Partition Master helps you to realize this target in few steps with all your data protected.

If there are too much data in system partition and your system is in low disk space, you need to enlarge it to optimize disk space usage and get powerful partition and hard disk management to increase the efficiency of Windows-based system administration. EASEUS Partition Master helps you to realize this target in few steps with all your data protected.

How to Extend System Partition?

Note: In common situation, people use FAT or NTFS file system as their system partition. No matter your system partition is FAT or NTFS, the following steps are just the same. The only difference is that if your system partition is NTFS, you can extend NTFS system partition without rebooting; if your system partition is FAT, to extend FAT system partition, reboot is a must.

Case 1 - If your system drive is next to another partition, please do as the following steps to extend the system partition. (In this case, partition C: is system drive, partition D: is next to C: drive)

1. Close all applications that running on C: or D: partition.

2. Load EASEUS Partition Master.

3. Right click the D: partition that you want to carve up free space for the C: drive on the disk map, and choose "Resize/Move".

4. Position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle. Drag the handle to the partition size you want when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

5. You will get free space, and then drag the free space to the right side of system partition C: by right moving the D: partition.

6. Position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle. Drag the handle to cover all free space until the handle can't move when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

7. Choose "Apply".

Case 2 - If the system drive is next to unallocated space, please do as the following steps to resize the system partition. (In this case, partition C: is system drive.)

1. If there is unallocated place at the right side of system partition C: , then right click system partition, choose "Resize/Move".

2. Extend the system partition C: to a suitable size, and click OK.

3. After extending the system partition, we could preview it on disk map.

4. If you are satisfied with the operation you make, you will see the operations you do in Operation Pending. Just click "Apply".

Tips:

1. If there is a step that needs to reboot system, there is a "#" before this step in "Operation Pending". If you don't want to reboot the system, please check and close all live application in the partition. Undo this step, and do it again.

2. To extend FAT system partition, you will be required to reboot the system.

3. For Windows Server 2003, this feature is only available under Windows Server 2003 SP2. Please upgrade your Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2003 SP2.

4. By extending system partition here, it means you extend system partition without changing its initial position.

Please note that it may take a long time to resize or move your partition under the circumstance of bad sectors/track, large data size or low memory, etc. For data protection, please do not shut down or restart your computer directly if the resizing process seems to stop running, instead, please check whether the indicator light of the disk is still blinking or not, if so, our program is still running. So, we suggest you wait some hours patiently and see whether the situation would be better.

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