Abstract: How do I extend a partition in Windows 10 when there is no sufficient storage space left? In this post, 3 different ways will be given to help extend a Windows partition. Meanwhile, several tips will be given to free up space for the partition.

Why extend a partition in Windows 10?

Partition, generally speaking, is the division of a hard drive where files and Apps are stored. There’re different partitions like C, D, E, and F on your computer and usually, the C partition, also called the C drive, is the system partition while the others are data partitions.

Over time, in Windows 10, the storage space of partitions can become less and less as we install more and more Apps and programs on our computers. It’s difficult to have further installation or App updates if the data partitions are running out of space, and if the C drive is full, the situation will be worse, for in this case, many errors may happen, for example, constant system crashes, black screen, and slow performance.

3 ways to extend a partition efficiently

When a partition is full, it brings much inconvenience and many glitches. So, in the following contents, 3 basic ways are put in order by difficulty to help you extend a partition efficiently.

Way 1. Extend a partition with third-party software – easy

The easiest way for partition extension is using some third-party software. However, there’s too much such software on market and you have no idea which to select? Here, I recommend AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard which is a free partition manager that enables you to extend a partition with a piece of unallocated space regardless of its location or another partition which is contiguous to it. By merging the source partition and the unallocated space or the other partition, you can easily achieve the partition enlargement.

Moreover, this freeware also allows for partition moving if you hope to change a partition’s location and partition clone when you wish to transfer the entire partition to another hard drive.

How to extend partition Windows 10. Try the best freeware to merge the partition with unallocated space first!

Note: If you’re going to merge a partition with unallocated space, you need to create a piece of unallocated space by shrinking or deleting another partition.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Then, the partition to extend will be displayed on the screen. Right-click on it and select “Merge Partitions”.

Step 2. In the opened window, tick the partition or the unallocated space you’ll merge it with and hit “OK”.

Step 3. In the main interface, hit “Apply” > “Proceed” to start the merging process.

Wait a few seconds before it’s finished.

Way 2. Extend a partition with Disk Management – medium

If you don’t trust any third-party software but still want to extend partitions, maybe, Windows 10’s inbuilt Disk Management meets your requirement. Although the use of it is harder than the freeware mentioned above, it’s totally costless and in this case, many people prefer to use it for disk management. However, to extend a partition with this tool, there must be unallocated space right next to the partition or you will run into the error “Extend Volume greyed out”.

• Right-click on “This PC” on the desktop and select “Manage”.
• Click on “Disk Management” under “Storage”.
• Right-click on the partition and select “Extend Volume”.

• Follow the onscreen guide until you hit “Finish”

Way 3. Extend a partition with DiskPart – hard

Since I have introduced Disk Management above, it’s worth mentioning another alternative – DiskPart – for more professional users. It’s also a built-in utility of Windows 10 and with it, you can freely delete partitions, create partitions, and also extend partitions. Nevertheless, DiskPart also has the same limits as Disk Management – there have to be unallocated space next to the partition to extend. If there is not, you have to manually create one piece by deleting the partition contiguous to it.

1. In the search box in the toolbar, type “cmd”. When “Command Prompt” appears, select “Run as administrator”.
2. Type “list volume” and hi “ENTER”.
3. Type “select volume x” and hit “ENTER”. “x” represents the number of the partition to delete.
4. Type “delete volume” and hit “ENTER”.

Note: If there is already unallocated space behind the partition to extend, you can just skip 3 and 4.

5. Type select volume #” and hit “ENTER”. “#” represents the number of the partition to extend.
6. Type “extend” and hit “ENTER”

Bonus tips: how to free up space for a partition?

What to do when a partition is running low? In the paragraphs above, you’ve learnt to extend a partition in 3 different ways. That’s great. However, there’s also another workaround to fix the issue – freeing up storage.

Use Disk Cleanup

Over time, your partition may clog up with junk files and cookies. That’s where Disk Cleanup helps.

1. In the search box on the lower left of your desktop, type “disk cleanup” and hit “ENTER” to bring up the disk cleanup dialogue box.
2. Select the drive you want to clean and hit “OK”.
3. Tick those files you want to delete and hit “OK”.
4. When prompted with confirmation, confirm it to proceed.

Delete hibernate files

When your computer is idle, it can be left in hibernate mode that uses very little power. Compared with shutting down your PC, hibernate mode makes the PC available much more quickly when you need it. It’s really convenient for users. However, this mode can create plenty of files in your drives including C. If you want to free up space, I recommend you to delete hibernate files once for all.

1. In the search box, type “command prompt”, right click on the result “Command Prompt” and select “Run as administrator”.
2. Type “powercfg.exe -h off” and hit “ENTER”.

Now, all hibernate files are deleted and you’ll see there is more free space on your drive.

Delete unused Apps

Instead of extending a partition, an efficient way to free up storage space should be deleting unused Apps in Control Panel.

1. In the search box, type “control panel” and hit “ENTER”.
2. In the popup window, click on “Programs”.
3. Select “Programs and Features”.
4. Then, all programs and Apps will be displayed. Right-click on the one that you don’t need and hit “Uninstall” to delete it from your PC.

Move apps to another drive

If you don’t want to delete any App or programs from your PC but the partition is full, you might as well try moving them to another partition to reclaim storage space. Here, I recommend AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional that helps move your Apps and programs including Microsoft Office, games, and OneDrive from one partition to another within only a few clicks.

Final words

People usually need to extend a partition in Windows 10 when it’s full. So, in the post above, 3 ways for partition extension are given. Meanwhile, in the second half of the article, several tips are also mentioned to help free up space for the partition.

It’s Important to Backup Your iPhone

Nowadays, how to ensure the security of mobile phone data is always an issue to be considered. After all, we use mobile phones every day. Almost everything can be done with an iPhone. Can you imagine a day without your phone? For most people, the answer is No. Your iPhone stores all kinds of data, and data loss is definitely the last thing you want to see. So it’s a good habit to backup iPhone regularly.

Why Need Third-Party Backup Software?

Everyone knows the importance of data backup but only a few people will actually take action. An important reason is that the official backup method is very inconvenient. iPhone users can back up their devices with iTunes and iCloud. However, both methods have many disadvantages.

• They will back up the whole iPhone data. You cannot choose to only backup the data you want.
• They will back up all content and settings, which will take up a lot of space. However, the computer or iCloud storage space is insufficient to save the backup package.
• When you want to restore iTunes or iCloud backup, it will delete the existing data on the iPhone and restore the entire backup package. You have no choice to restore what you really need.
• …

In short, neither iTunes nor iCloud is a good iPhone backup solution. To backup iPhone the way you want, a third-party tool called AOMEI MBackupper can be a better choice. Keep reading to learn more about this software.

Key Features of AOMEI MBackupper

AOMEI MBackupper is one professional iPhone backup software specially designed for Windows PCs. It can help users manage iPhone contacts, messages, photos, videos, songs and more. Besides, it also offers useful tools to help you better enjoy your iPhone life.

Backup iPhone Data

AOMEI MBackupper can help you back up most of the important data on your iPhone. It will create an image file for your important data that helps save storage space. You can choose the data you want to backup and restore. What’s more, it will not erase any existing data on iPhone during the restoration.

• Launch AOMEI MBackupper > Conntect your iPhone to computer via USB cable.
• Click Custom Backup > Choose the type of files you want to backup > You can click each icon to select the items you need.
• Select a storage space (internal hard drive, flash drive or external hard drive) > Click Start Backup.

Transfer iPhone Data

AOMEI MBackupper can help you transfer photos, videos and songs from iPhone to computer and vice versa, from iPhone to another iPhone/iPad. It can always help you put them in the right place.

• Launch AOMEI MBackupper > Plug in your iPhone.
• If you want to transfer videos from iPhone to computer, please click Transfer to Computer option > choose videos you need > click OK to continue.
• Choose a storage path to save your videos > Finally, click Transfer to start.

HEIC Converter

Apple has adopted HEIC as the default image format since iOS 11. However, the HEIC is not a widely supported format, many applications do not support it.

To help users view HEIC pictures on Windows computers or open HEIC files in Photoshop or other tools, AOMEI MBackupper offers HEIC Converter Tool. You can batch convert HEIC to widely-supported formats: PNG/JPG/JPEG.

• Run AOMEI MBackupper.
• On the Home screen, click HEIC Converter.
• Click Add Photos to browse your computer and select the needed images or simply drag photos you need.
• Choose the format you want to convert to > Click Start Converting.

Erase iPhone in 1-Click

Sometimes you may want to wipe your iPhone clean. Maybe you want to sell your iPhone so you want to erase your iPhone to prevent information from falling into the hands of others. Or maybe you want to restore iPhone completely to fix iOS errors.

To reset your iPhone, you can go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings to make it. However, there is a possibility of data recovery. If you want to ensure that all personal data is 100% unrecoverable, let AOMEI MBackupper deeply wipe data multiple times.

• Run AOMEI MBackupper > Plug in your iPhone.
• On the Home screen, click Erase iPhone.
• Tick the option > Click Erase iPhone > Click Yes to confirm.

Final Words

AOMEI MBackupper is one easy-to-use iPhone backup tool and it can help you backup selected data to computer. Besides, it also offers useful tools to help transfer files, convert pictures, erase iPhone. It can be a good assistant to help you manage your iPhone.

External hard drives are widely used to transfer files from one PC to another or to save backups of important data. There are many popular hard drive brands, among which Seagate must take a place. Whether you want portable hard drives or SSD external hard drives, Seagate can meet your demands:

• Ultra Touch: you can use Ultra Touch SSD to backup your Android’s videos and photos and Ultra Touch HDD to secure your data with password and AES-256 encryption.
• One Touch: One Touch external hard drives offer premium, high-capacity, portable storage to help you manage your digital world easily and confidently.
• Backup Plus: Backup Plus portable drives are embedded with an array of easy-to-use software tools. You are allowed to backup data on demand or on schedule. You can also mirror folders for seamless file management.

In this page, I’ll show you how to backup your computer files to Seagate external hard drive in Windows 10/8/7. Two solutions are offered for your reference.

Solution 1. Backup to Seagate external drive with Seagate Toolkit

Seagate Toolkit provides you with easy-to-use tools to backup your files, optimize drive’s performance, manage security, and much more. Learn how to backup all your files to Seagate external hard drive using Seagate Toolkit below.

Download and install Toolkit

1. Connect your Seagate hard drive to your computer and open it in File Explorer.
2. Launch Start_Here_Win, enter your information and click Sign Up. On the next page, click the Download button to start downloading Toolkit.
3. Go to the folder where you receive downloads. Click on the SeagateToolkit.exefile to finish installation.

Create a custom backup plan

• Click in the Search Windows bar and type “Toolkit”, then select the app.
• On the Main Menu, click on the Backupactivity. Then, select CUSTOM BACKUP PLAN.

• Choose items you want to backup under the Basic or Advanced tab. Then, click Next to continue.

• Choose Seagate external hard drive as the backup destination and click Next.
• Select backup frequency based on your need and click Start Backup. You can choose from Continuously, Hourly, Daily, and Weekly, etc.

After you have configured a backup plan, Toolkit will backup selected folders at the scheduled time when:

• Your PC is on.
• The storage device is connected to your PC.
• Toolkit is running.

Solution 2. Backup to Seagate external hard drive via a handy freeware

AOMEI Backupper Standard, the best free backup software for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, can help you backup all kinds of data to Seagate hard drive easily. Actually, it supports not only Seagate hard drive but also Samsung, SanDisk, Kingston, WD and other disk brands. Let’s have a close look at its main features:

• Various backup types: it offers System/Disk/Partition/File Backup, which enables you to create a system image, disk/partition image, or backup individual files as per your need.
• Diverse backup destinations: you are allowed to backup to a local disk, external hard drive, USB flash drive, NAS device, or cloud drive, etc.
• Flexible backup schedule: you can choose to run a backup task every 1/2/3/4/6 hours a day. Or you can choose a day or several days in a week or month to run your backup task automatically.

Backup files to Seagate external hard drive

• Connect Seagate device to your PC. Download AOMEI Backupper from the official website and double-click the “.exe” file to install it.
• Open AOMEI Backupper. Choose File Backup from the Backup tab.

• Edit this backup task name as you wish. Then, click Add Folder or Add File to choose the folders or files you plan to backup. You are allowed to choose files from not only the Windows partition (C drive) but also data partitions like D drive or E drive.

• Select a destination path to hold the backed up data. Here is Seagate external hard drive.

• Click Schedule in the left bottom and configure an automatic backup in the pop-up window.

• Review your settings and click Start Backup. You’ll see two options available: Add the schedule and start backup now and Only add the schedule. To run file backup immediately, choose the first option.

Final words

To backup to Seagate external hard drive, both Seagate Toolkit and AOMEI Backupper can do you a favor. If you are looking for a way to backup to other branded hard drives such as Samsung, WD and PNY hard drives, then AOMEI Backupper is the tool you can rely on. For anything happening in Windows, a Microsoft Practice Exam remains helpful.