How to Extend System Volume
This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a partition from a Windows or Mac computer's hard drive so that your computer can use the whole hard drive at once. You can only do this if you previously went through the steps to create a partition....
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On Windows
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Picture 1 of How to Extend System Volume Open StartPicture 2 of How to Extend System Volume - You can also press the ⊞ Win key on your computer's keyboard.
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Picture 3 of How to Extend System Volume Type computer management into Start. This will search your computer for the Computer Management program. -
Picture 4 of How to Extend System Volume Click "Computer Management". It's at the top of the Start window. Clicking this opens Computer Management.- You may not be able to access this program if you're not using an administrator account.
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Picture 5 of How to Extend System Volume Click the Disk Management tab. You'll find this in the sidebar on the left side of the Computer Management window.- If you don't see this option, first double-click the Storage tab.
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Picture 6 of How to Extend System Volume 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.- You should see your partition to the right of the hard drive box.
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Picture 7 of How to Extend System Volume Click Action. This menu item is in the upper-left side of the Computer Management window. A drop-down menu will appear. -
Picture 8 of How to Extend System Volume Select All Tasks. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Selecting it prompts a pop-out menu. -
Picture 9 of How to Extend System Volume Click Extend Volume…. You'll see this option near the middle of the pop-out menu. A new window will appear. -
Picture 10 of How to Extend System Volume Click Next. It's at the bottom of the new window. -
Picture 11 of How to Extend System Volume Enter an amount to remove, then click Next. Type in a number of megabytes that you want to remove from the partition.- For example, if the partition is 1000 MB, you would type "500" to remove half of the partition.
- If you want to remove the whole partition, click Next.
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Picture 12 of How to Extend System Volume Click Finish. This will extend your hard drive's space to include the amount of the partition that you removed.
Method 2 of 2:
On Mac
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Picture 13 of How to Extend System Volume Click Go. This tab should be in your Mac's menu bar at the top of the screen.- If you don't see Go, click the desktop or open a new Finder window to make it appear.
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Picture 14 of How to Extend System Volume Click Utilities. It's at the bottom of the Go drop-down menu. -
Picture 15 of How to Extend System Volume Double-click Disk Utility. This icon resembles a Mac hard drive with a stethoscope on it. Doing so will open the Disk Utility program. -
Picture 16 of How to Extend System Volume Select your hard drive. Click your Mac's hard drive in the upper-left side of the Disk Utility window, just below the "Internal" heading. -
Picture 17 of How to Extend System Volume Click Partition. This tab is at the top of the Disk Utility window. -
Picture 18 of How to Extend System Volume Click -. It's below the pie chart. Doing so won't immediately delete the partition, but it will allow you to make changes to the system drive. -
Picture 19 of How to Extend System Volume Select the system drive partition. Click the piece of the pie chart that represents your Mac's system. It will usually be on the right side. -
Picture 20 of How to Extend System Volume Enter a new size. Click the "Size" field, then type in a new size in gigabytes for your Mac's system drive.- For example: if your Mac's system drive is 250 gigabytes and the partition is 250 gigabytes, typing 400 into the "Size" field will set your Mac's drive size at 400 gigabytes, leaving 100 gigabytes for the resized partition.
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Picture 21 of How to Extend System Volume Click Apply. This option is in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will begin extending the Mac's system drive and resizing your selected partition. -
Picture 22 of How to Extend System Volume Click Done when prompted. This will complete the extending process. Your Mac's main hard drive partition should now be resized.
Update 24 March 2020
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