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Problem with HDD partition in Windows 10
Hi All
Would greatly appreciate some advice concerning the way my 1Tb drive has been partitioned on my Dell Inspiron 2350 (running on Intel i7). I apologize in advance about the length of this thread.
Previously when using Win 7 on my previous laptop and PC, I divided the available 500Gb drive into two roughly equal partitions, the main C drive for Windows itself plus all application programs (Program Files x86) and Drive D for files (ie documents/photos/graphics/music files etc).
However the IT guy who installed Win 10 on my present PC (it came with Win 8.1 installed) and configured it, allocated only 29.26 Gb to Drive C (Windows 10 and all application software) and the remaining 931.51 to Drive D. What's even more bizarre is that under Disc Management, Drive D (as opposed to C) is allocated as "Primary Partition" and located above Drive C which is described as "Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition"
I tried to allocate more disc space to Drive C by shrinking Drive D to approx 500Gb. This was shown as un-allocated space (possibly a third partition). I then tried to Extend Volume on Drive C but the legend "Extend Volume" is greyed out in the drop down menu on drive C.
As there are no important files as yet on Drive D, I could delete all , followed by Delete Volume and finally by Delete Partition. Would this work and Drive C automatically gaining all drive space previously allocated to Drive D? If necessary, I could then re-partition the disc to my own preference.
What am I doing wrong. Someone please help!