"I have 2TB of storage divided into two drives, C and D. I continue to get messages that I'm running out of disk space on drive C (currently allocated at 118 GB), so I tried to shrink drive D (with 1.4 TB of available space) to expand drive C. The process of shrinking drive D worked. But when I went to reallocate the freed space to expand drive C, the "expand" command was shadowed out, and I was unable to expand drive C. Am I missing something in the mechanics of reallocating space? Has anyone experienced a similar problem and, if so, can you share how this can be facilitated?"
In most cases, you may want to reallocate disk space because there is not enough free space on your system partition in Windows 11/10. This problem often happens if you have lots of data on your C drive, while there's lots of free space on other drives like D drive or E drive. The question is how to change partition size without unallocated space or without losing data. To make it, you need Qiling Partition Master.
The software enables you to reallocate disk space in Windows 11/10/8/7 with the "Adjust Disk Layout" function. This feature is used for adjusting the partition size on your disk with one step. You do not need to consider the partition layout and adjust the border of the partition to change it to the desired size.
Download the best disk management tool. Then, follow the steps below to adjust your disk space with Qiling Partition Master.
Step 1. Select disk to adjust its layout.
On the Disk management page, click the disk and select "Resize/Move".
Step 2. Reallocate the drive or partition size.
Drag the dots next to the partition head or tail to reallocate the partition size. Then, click "Proceed" to keep all the changes.
If your C drive or other drives get the low disk space warning, you will get the low disk space alert on our product. You can reallocate or adjust the C drive space with Qiling partition manager. Here are the steps to adjust C drive space without losing data:
Step 1. Click "Resize/Movek" to extend C drive.
When your C drive is out of space, you will see the Low Disk Space alert on Qiling Partition Master. Click the "Resize/Move" button to extend it.
Step 2. Click "Proceed" to extend C drive automatically.
Select the C drive, and drag dots rightward to add more space to C drive. Click "Proceed" to resolve low disk space in C drive.
That's all about the way to reallocate disk space from one drive to another one in Windows 11/10/8/7. In addition to partitioning a hard disk flexibly, Qiling Partition Master also allows you to migrate OS to another drive, resize or move partition space, and allocate unallocated space, and more.
If you have related questions, you can read on. You may get additional help here.
You can open Windows 10 Disk Management to redistribute disk space. With this method, you need to delete or move a partition.
You can also run Qiling Partition Master. It allows you to add free space from another partition on the same hard disk to the system partition, which runs on low disk space.
Step 1. Open Qiling Partition Master and click "Move/resize" on the top panel.
Step 2. Qiling Partition Master will adjust the partition size to solve the low space issue intelligently after clicking "Proceed" to continue.
If you're getting a Low Disk Space error because of a full Temp folder. If you used Disk Cleanup to free up space on your device and then see a Low Disk Space error, your Temp folder may be quickly filling up with application files used by Microsoft Store.
Generally speaking, your hard drive's disk space is not enough to store a large amount of data. Additionally, if you are only bothered by the C drive full issue, there are likely too many applications or files saved.