How to Extend Boot Partition with

Minitool Partition Wizard

Case: I'm using Windows 7, and recently I found it runs more and more slowly. After

asking help on the internet, with disk map attached, I was suggested to enlarge the boot

partition with system built-in disk management tool to solve the problem. Nevertheless,

though I did as told, I still can't extend boot partition since the function "Extend

Volume…" is inactive, like the following interface shows:

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http://www.partitionwizard.com/resizepartition/can't-extend-boot-partition.html

What's the reason?

Can't Extend Boot Partition with Snap-in Disk Management

There are 2 possible reasons. Firstly, the boot partition which needs expanding is FAT

partition. Secondly, there is no unallocated space behind and neighboring to the partition

we want to extend. Well then, is there a good way to realize partition extending under

these situations? Currently, excellent third-party partition manager can help extend any

formats of partition successfully as long as there is unused space on hard disk (unused

space from existing partitions and unallocated space is available). MiniTool Partition

Wizard is such a partition manager. Next, let's use this program to deal with the problem

that Windows built-in disk management tool can't extend boot partition.

Extend Boot Partition by Using MiniTool Partition Wizard

First of all, we need to download the partition manager and install it on computer. Then,

run it to get the main window below:

Next, select the boot partition (here, boot partition is system partition, namely partition C)

and click the function "Extend Partition" from action panel to get the following interface:

Now, choose a partition or unallocated space to take free space from, and then drag

sliding button boxed with red line to decide how much free space to take. At last, click

"Apply" button in the main interface to apply all pending operations to computer. After

application, we can say boot partition has been extended.

If your Windows built-in Disk Management tool also can't extend boot partition, now, turn

to the partition manager MiniTool Partition Wizard. It would not disappoint any of you.