How to Extend System Volume

On Windows

1. 

   Open Start

   

   . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

   1. You can also press the ⊞ Win key on your computer's keyboard.

2. 

   Type computer management into Start. This will search your computer for the Computer Management program.

3. 

   Click "Computer Management". It's at the top of the Start window. Clicking this opens Computer Management.

   1. You may not be able to access this program if you're not using an administrator account.

4. 

   Click the Disk Management tab. You'll find this in the sidebar on the left side of the Computer Management window.

   1. If you don't see this option, first double-click the Storage tab.

5. 

   Select your hard drive. In the window near the bottom of Computer Management, click your hard drive's box. This box should have the hard drive's letter (e.g., "(C:)") as well as the number of gigabytes (GB) of storage currently available.

   1. You should see your partition to the right of the hard drive box.

6. 

   Click Action. This menu item is in the upper-left side of the Computer Management window. A drop-down menu will appear.

7. 

   Select All Tasks. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Selecting it prompts a pop-out menu.

8. 

   Click Extend Volume…. You'll see this option near the middle of the pop-out menu. A new window will appear.

9. 

   Click Next. It's at the bottom of the new window.

10. 

    Enter an amount to remove, then click Next. Type in a number of megabytes that you want to remove from the partition.

    1. For example, if the partition is 1000 MB, you would type "500" to remove half of the partition.
    2. If you want to remove the whole partition, click Next.

11. 

    Click Finish. This will extend your hard drive's space to include the amount of the partition that you removed.