How to Use Unallocated Drive Space in Windows 10/8/7
In this video, learn how to use or consume unallocated drive or partition space. this will work on all windows 10/8/7.
Unallocated space, as the name suggests, it's part of disk space that is not allocated to any partition. A computer describes any physical space on a hard drive that doesn't belong to a partition as unallocated. This means that no programs can write data to this space, nor save data until it's being a part of the real disk partitions. To put the space into normal use, you have two options: [1] create a new partition; [2] extend an existing partition.
Where does unallocated space come from? Generally, to get unallocated space there are two scenarios. One, you deleted a partition; two, you shrank a partition. You won't see unallocated space in Windows Explorer, only find that a hard drive is showing less space than actual, for example, 1TB shows 700GB.
On a Windows 10 computer, The most versatile hard disk management utility is called Disk Management, and it's also where you come across unallocated space. Before getting to know how to use Windows 10 Disk Management to manage the unallocated space, it's good to know what it can do & what it cannot do.
It CAN create a new partition on unallocated space.
It CANNOT change the location of unallocated space, neither add the unallocated space to a non-adjacent partition as well as the right-adjacent partition.
Note : When setting up new computers, the system installation will ask you to partition your unallocated space. This represents the space on your hard drive that has not been assigned a drive letter. Without allocation, you can't use the space on the drive. In some cases, existing computers will also have unallocated space. In Windows, the Disk Management control panel provides tools for allocating this space.
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