Next and Finish and you're done, your Windows drive would be extended using the second disk as well. In the process choose the second disk aswell:Īfter the conversion is done, right click the volume where Windows is and select to extend the volume, add the second disk in: Right click Disk 0 and select to convert it to a dynamic disk:
Go to Disks Management, you'll see something like this (but without that 2nd partition in the first drive and the 3rd disk and maybe with a System Reserved partition):
Press + X to bring the power user menu up and then G to open the computer management console. There is no need for third party utilities this time, for that you'll have to convert your disks to what Windows calls 'dynamic disk' and then extend the volume across disks. The only solution would be to use a hardware RAID at this moment. Windows Disk Management provides volume expansion feature, which can increase partition size by adding unallocated disk space and this process does not cause. In the Disk Management screen, just right-click on the. This doesn't work if the partition you are extending has Windows on it, since Windows labels them as a Boot drive and they can't be extended across other disks. The center of the Windows Universe - featuring news, reviews, help & tips, buyer guides, forums & accessories. Open Run Command (Windows button +R) a dialog box will open and type diskmgmt.