Instead, you can MOVE the Unallocated space with partition software. It is absolutely a BAD idea to delete drive D as well as other volumes in the Extended Partition.
You should delete all volumes in the Extended Partition and then delete the entire Extended Partition.
If the adjacent drive D is in the Extended Partition, you cannot extend C drive by simply deleting D.Only when the Unallocated space is adjacent and at right side of C drive, you can expand C drive with the Unallocated space. There is no adjacent Unallocated space.
From Microsoft explanation, only NTFS and RAW format partition can be extended. The reasons why Extend Volume greyed out in Server 2012 r2: Now, the disk space shows as Unallocated, and Extend Volume becomes available. Right click C drive but Extend Volume is still disabled.įrom Microsoft, to extend a drive there should be adjacent Unallocated space, then what about deleting D?ĭid it, but Extend Volume is still grayed out!įrom the screenshot, there’s still no Unallocated space, it may be caused by the Extended partition, so delete all volumes in the Extended partition and retry. Now, 10GB free space has been taken out from D. Right click D: and select “Shrink Volume” Most of the people want to do is shrinking D to expanding C, so let’s try to shrink D first. If you right click a drive without contiguous Unallocated space, Extend Volume is absolutely grayed out. To better understand, I have to do something that cause this issue reappear. Why Extend Volume grayed out in Server 2012? In this article, I’ll show you all possible reasons and how to fix extend volume grayed out on Windows Server 2012 (R2) in an easy way. In Windows Server 2012, there is nothing new added or improved in Disk Management, so the same with previous editions, in Server 2012 you’ll still get into trouble – Extend Volume is greyed out when you try to expand a partition.This is a little complex, so many people do not know why even searching by Google. In Windows Server 2012 Disk Management console, you can shrink and extend a partition with Shrink Volume or Extend Volume, which are inherited from previous version – Windows Server 2008. Many server administrators know the fastest way to fix drive out of space issue is by resizing partition. Fix Extend Volume greyed out in Windows Server 2012 easily!
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