How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

Date:2019-12-20 Author:Cordelia

Sometimes one of your partitions is nearly full while others still have a lot of space left. Or you are just not satisfied with the existing partitions, and want to create a new one. How can you reallocate the space on your computer?

Here are 2 simple tips you can try based on Windows 10.

Allocate Free Space to a New Partion

1. Right-click This PC and choose Manage in the menu.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

2. Click Disk Management under Storage.

3. Right-click the volume that you want to re-allocate its space. Choose Shrink Volume… in the menu.

4. Choose Shrink Volume… in the menu.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

5. Enter the amount of space to Shrink in MB, then click Shrink button to implement it.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

6. Then you’ll find the space has been released and becomes Free Space. Right-click it and choose News Simple Volume… to run the New Simple Volume Wizard.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

7. Enter the Simple volume size in MB and click Next to continue.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

8. Click the small down arrow to expand the drop-down menu and Assign the following drive letter. Hit Next button.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

9. Enter a Volume label as you like. Click Next and Finish it.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

10. Wait for a while, you can click This PC to find the new created partion.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

Allocate Free Space to an Existing Partion

1. To allocate the free space to an existing partion, you just need to right-click this existing partion, choose Extend Volume… in the menu.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

2. Make sure the available space you want to re-allocate has been added to the list of Selected. Click Next to continue and hit Finish.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

3. Check the space of Disk (E:), you can find it has been extended.

How to Assign Free Space to Other Partitions or Create a New One

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