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You need to delete the partition, so the space is unallocated in order to expand the other, in this case delete the 195.31 GB free space (right click - delete) .
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In this site, you can find a good tutorial <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html" rel="ugc">http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html</a>&nbsp;after you delete the partition.
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Delete partition is not an option - it is grayed out. &nbsp;The only option is New Simple Volume.
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Oh, it's an OEM partiton, these partitions which were created by the manufacturer, have some restrictions, in order to delete it, you have to use the diskpart tool.<br />
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You can find a tutorial here <a href="http://jaredheinrichs.com/how-to-delete-oem-partition.html" rel="ugc">http://jaredheinrichs.com/how-to-delete-oem-partition.html</a>&nbsp;.
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Sorry, my fault, my previous answer doesn't apply to your issue, please ignore it.
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You can easily do what you want with Boot-It BM &nbsp;[the free demo will work fine: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-bare-metal.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-bare-metal.htm</a> ]<br />
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Run the included MakeDisk utility and create a bootable CD.<br />
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Boot to the CD; &nbsp;select CANCEL at the first prompt; then OK.<br />
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Go to Partition Work.<br />
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Highlight the volume in the extended partition; select Slide; and choose 0 free space AFTER the volume. &nbsp; &nbsp;Wait for that to finish (it will take a while, as it has to move all the data).<br />
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Now highlight the extended partition (NOT the volume inside it), and select ReSize. &nbsp; Make it as small as it allows (this will eliminate the free space inside the extended partition).<br />
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Now highlight the extended partition again, and select Slide. &nbsp; &nbsp;Choose 0 free space AFTER. &nbsp; &nbsp;This will move the extended partition to the &quot;end&quot; of the disk -- putting all the free space immediately after C: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;This operation will take a while (as before, it has to move all the data)<br />
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Now highlight the partition corresponding to C: &nbsp;(you can tell by the size) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Select ReSize and resize it to the desired size. &nbsp; &nbsp;This operation will be VERY quick.<br />
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Done :-)<br />

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You cannot delete D: drive as you have there paging file. Remove the paging file from D: drive - restart - delete D: and Extended partition - extend C: drive and create new partition of the space left.
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Deleting D: won't free up anything unless the extended partition it's within is also deleted. &nbsp; But I presume the goal is to do this without losing the data in D: &nbsp;==&gt; if so, Boot-It will easily do it as I outlined above.<br />
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Note: &nbsp; The reason Boot-It didn't &quot;work&quot; when you first tried it [&quot;... then used the bootit utility to move the data to the end of the disk ...&quot;] &nbsp;is that you did NOT &quot;move the data to the end of the disk&quot; -- you moved it to the end of the extended partititon it's contained in. &nbsp; &nbsp;What you needed to do after you had shrunk the size of D: was to resize the extended partition; then move IT to the end of the disk (as I outlined above). &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;But to do that now, you have to first move D: to the beginning of the extended partition.<br />
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... Just follow the steps I outlined above and everything will work just fine.<br />
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Note: &nbsp;If you have Boot-It NG that will work fine -- you don't need to download Boot-It BM (the replacement product I suggested above)
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I will try this, but I need to fix iTunes first. My iTunes data is the only thing on D, and iTunes is not working: it has lost all knowledge of the files and appears empty. &nbsp;I can still see the files through windows explorer, though. &nbsp;It is like iTunes lost it's directory. &nbsp;I don't want to monkey with the disk until this gets fixed for fear of overwriting missing data that is needed. &nbsp;Any ideas?
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If the ONLY thing you've done so far was to shrink &amp;&nbsp;move D:, that shouldn't have had any effect on ITunes -- UNLESS it &quot;thinks&quot; you've moved it to a new disk, since it's now a different size. &nbsp; &nbsp;I don't use I-Tunes, so I don't know what the parameters are that cause it to reset its internal pointers. &nbsp; &nbsp;I THINK it defaults to an ITunes folder within your &quot;My Music&quot; folder. &nbsp; Right-click on My Music, select properties; and click on the Location tab to confirm that My Music is on D: &nbsp; (or, if you've relocated the ITunes folder to D:, you'll need to find the equivalent setting within ITunes)<br />
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In any event, moving the partition around a bit more as I outlined won't change anything from ITunes perspective.<br />

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Gary - <br />
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I think I got my iTune woes settled. &nbsp;I think iTunes knows where it is located on a disk and thinks it is a new install if it gets moved. &nbsp;Just a thought.<br />
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I have a question regarding your step 2: &quot;Now highlight the extended partition (NOT the volume inside it), and select ReSize. &nbsp; Make it as small as it allows (this will eliminate the free space inside the extended partition).&quot;<br />
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There are 4 blanks to fill in: &nbsp;1) Beginning free space outside (currently 0). 2) Free space inside (currently 200m) &nbsp;3) End Free space inside (currently 1m) &nbsp;4) Free space Outside (currently 1m).<br />
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What should they be set to? &nbsp;Also if you have s second, what is the difference between the partitions and volumes? &nbsp;What is the free inside/outside beginning /end?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Brian
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... by the way, you'll likely have the same issue with I-Tunes, since the physical locations will change. &nbsp; &nbsp;But it sounds like you now know how to resolve that.<br />

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Gary - I didn't have to perform two &quot;slides&quot; as stated: shrink D, slide data over, shrink volume, expand C. &nbsp;It worked like a charm without the second slide.<br />
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And iTunes was not affected since it was only moved the one time.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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I suspected that might be the case when Boot-It asked the &quot;inside/outside&quot; question ==&gt; it clearly lets you adjust the internal structure of the extended partition without requiring a &quot;slide&quot; to the beginning (as I originally thought it would require). &nbsp; &nbsp; Since it simply adjusted the free space it didn't have to move the location of the data (D:) --- so I-Tunes was &quot;happy&quot; -- and I'm sure it also did the operation VERY quickly, since there was no data movement required.<br />
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Boot-It is a VERY handy tool ... although a bit &quot;geeky&quot;. &nbsp; &nbsp;I use it extensively -- and have never had it fail (if there are structural errors on the disk it will simply refuse to do anything).<br />

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EE,<br />
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I want to increase the size of my C drive by stealing from my D drive. &nbsp;The C drive was 60 gig and running out of space, the D drive was 400 gig. &nbsp;After reading a little bit, I used the windows 7 disk management utility to shrink D by 200, then used the bootit utility to move the data to the end of the disk so I had free space between C and D (this is what I read, and the extend option was grayed out otherwise). &nbsp;But extending my C drive is still not an option - it's still grayed out. &nbsp;What do I need to do? &nbsp;I've attached a screen shot of the disk management software.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Brian<br />
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EE,

I want to increase the size of my C drive by stealing from my D drive.  The C drive was 60 gig and running out of space, the D drive was 400 gig.  After reading a little bit, I used the windows 7 disk management utility to shrink D by 200, then used the bootit utility to move the data to the end of the disk so I had free space between C and D (this is what I read, and the extend option was grayed out otherwise).  But extending my C drive is still not an option - it's still grayed out.  What do I need to do?  I've attached a screen shot of the disk management software.

Thanks,
Brian

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