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SSD Partition Issues

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I just upgraded from the 512 GB SSD that came in my laptop to a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus. I didn't have a way to directly connect them, and I didn't have a large enough drive that I could wipe, so rather than cloning, I use the regular windows drive backup ISO to transfer everything. In doing so, it created a 512GB partition for everything. Should I just create a partition for the rest of the storage? Is there a way to enlarge the partition without deleting my data? Thank You!!!

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You should be able to extend the 512 partition into the unallocated space. Or could just keep it as a separate partition.

 

If you want to extend just right click on the C drive and select extend and then run through the wizard.

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No, it likely isn't possible to expand it. After all, you can make a second partition as a failsafe.

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6 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

No, it likely isn't possible to expand it. After all, you can make a second partition as a failsafe.

Why wouldn't it be possible to expand it?

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What you need to do, is find a utility to move the RECOVERY PARTITION to the end of the drive.

Once the "unallocated" space is adjacent to the existing drive, windows will let you extend it again.  

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Thanks Tkitch. I used a partition manager to move the recovery partition and then everything worked.

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