On 6/23/26 8:17 AM, Paul wrote:
I use Paragon Partition Manager 14 Free and the onlyFor those that are interested:
function it has that works, is "Move/Resize". There
is AOMEI, Easeus, the Acronis Disk Doctor is retired, there
are bound to be a few more free ones out there as well.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/paragon_partition_manager_express_free_edition.html
Name: pm14free_x64_eng.exe <=== the one I'm still using
Size: 53091632 bytes (50 MiB)
SHA256: 7F48097AC70AE6B27FCC5C40A10BBE7E42516DC7D73D0C48ABFFE1D50B2145CF
Name: pm_2014_free.msi <=== the Majorgeeks one
Size: 43603456 bytes (41 MiB)
SHA256: 37B11D8DD6BF53F62BF8197F824A11B3E51835D8A92F0CF10D8058BFB969128A
Paul
I found the one you pointed to. At least it has the same sha256, and filesize. https://h-mun.com/utilities/paragon-partition-manager-free-edition-64-bit/index.html
On 23/06/2026 11:28, Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,
When I look at Disk 1, I see:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
The C: partition is almost full. I would like to add the unallocated
partition to the C: partition. But in the Disk Management program I
can't do that. I can not extend the C: partition.
Anyone has an idea as to how to add the unallocated partition to the
C: partition?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With kind regards,
Fokke Nauta
I use Macrium Reflect to reorganise disk partitions. First, create a
backup of your hard disk using Macrium Reflect. Then, restore the backup
to the same hard disk that it was created from. When restoring, however,
you need to select the partition to restore. You can use this
opportunity to remove the extra recovery partition (the smaller one) as
it is not necessary to have two partitions for the same purpose. The restoration process allows you to drag and drop the partitions, arrange
them correctly, and fill up the empty space (23.29GB + 499MB) on the
hard disk (HD). Let us know if you would like us to provide a video
showing how to do this correctly without losing data.
I have read in the press that recent update has made efi partition
(100MB) give errors because it is too small for Windows 11 (not sure
about Windows 10 though)
Macrium worked well, but I don't know about later versions after macrium recently shit on all their users. Subscription only now.. Pay out the
ass, or GTFO.
Macrium Reflect wrote on 6/23/2026 6:04 PM:
On 23/06/2026 11:28, Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,
When I look at Disk 1, I see:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
The C: partition is almost full. I would like to add the unallocated
partition to the C: partition. But in the Disk Management program I
can't do that. I can not extend the C: partition.
Anyone has an idea as to how to add the unallocated partition to the
C: partition?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With kind regards,
Fokke Nauta
I use Macrium Reflect to reorganise disk partitions. First, create a
backup of your hard disk using Macrium Reflect. Then, restore the backup
to the same hard disk that it was created from. When restoring, however,
you need to select the partition to restore. You can use this
opportunity to remove the extra recovery partition (the smaller one) as
it is not necessary to have two partitions for the same purpose. The
restoration process allows you to drag and drop the partitions, arrange
them correctly, and fill up the empty space (23.29GB + 499MB) on the
hard disk (HD). Let us know if you would like us to provide a video
showing how to do this correctly without losing data.
I have read in the press that recent update has made efi partition
(100MB) give errors because it is too small for Windows 11 (not sure
about Windows 10? though)
Macrium worked well, but I don't know about later versions after macrium recently shit on all their users. Subscription only now.. Pay out the
ass, or GTFO.
But there are other partition managers that work fine.
Free, and with no "subscription" shit attached. With all of them, you'll have to learn how to use them.
On 24/06/2026 10:42 pm, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 23/06/2026 14:17, Paul wrote:
On Tue, 6/23/2026 7:06 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
On 23/06/2026 8:28 pm, Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,
When I look at Disk 1, I see:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
The C: partition is almost full. I would like to add the
unallocated partition to the C: partition. But in the Disk
Management program I can't do that. I can not extend the C: partition. >>>>> Anyone has an idea as to how to add the unallocated partition to
the C: partition?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With kind regards,
Fokke Nauta
Why do you want/need to add it to your C:?? Why not just make it
your D:??
Alternatively, you could try adding it to your 'Recovery Partition',
then move
the START point for your Recovery partition out towards the end of
your drive (thus
effectively moving the 'Unallocated Space to being beside your C:)
and then try
adding the Unallocated Space to your C:.
If that isn't possible, I'm sure someone will drop by to let US
know. ;-P
Don't distract Fokke now :-)
To do this, the Windows Disk Management is not sufficient.
You need a third party Partition Management program
with the basic capability called "Move/Resize". That is
the workhorse function of a Partition Manager, the one you
use the most.
You do this:
1) Move Recovery Partition, 23.39GB to the right
That's all the third party Partition Manager has to do in this case.
That leaves a 23.29GB unallocated space to the right of the C:
partition.
====>
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
| C: | 23.39GB | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
Then, you could boot C: and use Disk Management and do an "Expand"
of C: by 23.29GB to finish the job.
+------------------------+--------------------------+
| C: | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+------------------------+--------------------------+
*******
I use Paragon Partition Manager 14 Free and the only
function it has that works, is "Move/Resize". There
is AOMEI, Easeus, the Acronis Disk Doctor is retired, there
are bound to be a few more free ones out there as well.
I have installed Paragon Partition Manager 14 Professional. I already
had this. But I can't do anyting with it. I can't move or enlarge a
partition.
Fokke, might this be because you are trying to use a program ON your
Hard Drive to alter the make-up OF that Hard-Drive??
Try installing your Partition Manager onto a USB Drive, then boot into
that USB Drive and see if you can make the required changes ..... after having Backed Up your main drive first.
On 24/06/2026 10:42 pm, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 23/06/2026 14:17, Paul wrote:
On Tue, 6/23/2026 7:06 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
On 23/06/2026 8:28 pm, Fokke Nauta wrote:Don't distract Fokke now :-)
Hi all,
When I look at Disk 1, I see:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
The C: partition is almost full. I would like to add the unallocated partition to the C: partition. But in the Disk Management program I can't do that. I can not extend the C: partition.
Anyone has an idea as to how to add the unallocated partition to the C: partition?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With kind regards,
Fokke Nauta
Why do you want/need to add it to your C:?? Why not just make it your D:?? >>>>
Alternatively, you could try adding it to your 'Recovery Partition', then move
the START point for your Recovery partition out towards the end of your drive (thus
effectively moving the 'Unallocated Space to being beside your C:) and then try
adding the Unallocated Space to your C:.
If that isn't possible, I'm sure someone will drop by to let US know. ;-P >>>
To do this, the Windows Disk Management is not sufficient.
You need a third party Partition Management program
with the basic capability called "Move/Resize". That is
the workhorse function of a Partition Manager, the one you
use the most.
You do this:
1) Move Recovery Partition, 23.39GB to the right
That's all the third party Partition Manager has to do in this case.
That leaves a 23.29GB unallocated space to the right of the C: partition. >>>
====>
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
| C: | 23.39GB | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
Then, you could boot C: and use Disk Management and do an "Expand"
of C: by 23.29GB to finish the job.
+------------------------+--------------------------+
| C: | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+------------------------+--------------------------+
*******
I use Paragon Partition Manager 14 Free and the only
function it has that works, is "Move/Resize". There
is AOMEI, Easeus, the Acronis Disk Doctor is retired, there
are bound to be a few more free ones out there as well.
I have installed Paragon Partition Manager 14 Professional. I already had this. But I can't do anyting with it. I can't move or enlarge a partition.
Fokke, might this be because you are trying to use a program ON your Hard Drive to alter the make-up OF that Hard-Drive??
Try installing your Partition Manager onto a USB Drive, then boot into that USB Drive and see if you can make the required changes ..... after having Backed Up your main drive first.
On Tue, 6/23/2026 10:18 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
On 24/06/2026 12:05 am, JJ wrote:
You'd need to use a third party partition manager software which has the >>> capability to move partitions. Windows' built-in Disk Manager doesn't have >>> such capability.
First, move the Recovery partition to the end of the disk, so that the disk >>> layout would be like this:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
842 MB Recovery partition,
Hmm!! I didn't notice this when I first replied but .... why are there TWO Recovery Partitions (499MB and 842MB)??
Then expand the System (C:) partition, so that the disk layout would be likeAgain/Still two Recovery Partitions. Why??
this:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
231.46 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
That could be the work of MBR2GPT at some point in the life
of the drive setup. The drive may have been MSDOS partitioned
at one time, and was transitioned to GPT. That sometimes
screws around the partitions. It's actually pretty hard to
randomly screw around the partitions... and end up with something
that works.
One thing to note, before everyone runs off and does a
victory lap, is the Recovery Partition, contains this info.
C:\$WinREAgent
Rollback\
Scratch\
Backup\
winre.wim 701,193,948 19 May 2026
boot.sdi 3,170,304 14 June 2026
ReAgent.xml 1,109 14 June 2026
location.txt
[WinRE Location]
Partition offset=117890351104 <=== booby trap!
Relative path=\Recovery\WindowsRE
OS Guid={8F4FA72F-3780-11EF-8CE3-B963A4DCEB9A}
This means, if you move the Recovery Partition as Fokke is
about to do, the status of reagentc could now return "Disabled".
Any time a Microsoft work of art is "taking note of something",
we have to be on our guard as they may use it against us.
You could try disabling Reagentc before doing the Partition Management.
Then when the dust is settled, re-enable Reagentc. I can't promise
anything, but it gives the thing one less reason to break.
As for the responses booting into Recovery Mode makes, I've never
had Recovery Mode do anything positive for me, so keeping
Reagentc enabled and working, is mostly... a waste of your time.
Like, a problem I'm working on, on the other machine, the
recovery procedure did squat. Some day, some day, I'm going
to discover something positive it has done. Hasn't happened yet.
Having a juggling ball animation for an hour, helps no one.
Paul
On 23/06/2026 17:25, VanguardLH wrote:
Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
On 23/06/2026 14:17, Paul wrote:
On Tue, 6/23/2026 7:06 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
On 23/06/2026 8:28 pm, Fokke Nauta wrote:Don't distract Fokke now :-)
Hi all,
When I look at Disk 1, I see:
499 MB Recovery partition,
100 MB EFI System partition,
208.17 GB System C:,
842 MB Recovery partition,
23.29 GB Unallocated.
The C: partition is almost full. I would like to add the unallocated partition to the C: partition. But in the Disk Management program I can't do that. I can not extend the C: partition.
Anyone has an idea as to how to add the unallocated partition to the C: partition?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
With kind regards,
Fokke Nauta
Why do you want/need to add it to your C:?? Why not just make it your D:??
Alternatively, you could try adding it to your 'Recovery Partition', then move
the START point for your Recovery partition out towards the end of your drive (thus
effectively moving the 'Unallocated Space to being beside your C:) and then try
adding the Unallocated Space to your C:.
If that isn't possible, I'm sure someone will drop by to let US know. ;-P >>>>
To do this, the Windows Disk Management is not sufficient.
You need a third party Partition Management program
with the basic capability called "Move/Resize". That is
the workhorse function of a Partition Manager, the one you
use the most.
You do this:
1) Move Recovery Partition, 23.39GB to the right
That's all the third party Partition Manager has to do in this case.
That leaves a 23.29GB unallocated space to the right of the C: partition. >>>>
====>
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
| C: | 23.39GB | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+----------+ - - - - - - +--------------------------+
Then, you could boot C: and use Disk Management and do an "Expand"
of C: by 23.29GB to finish the job.
+------------------------+--------------------------+
| C: | Recovery Partition 842MB |
+------------------------+--------------------------+
*******
I use Paragon Partition Manager 14 Free and the only
function it has that works, is "Move/Resize". There
is AOMEI, Easeus, the Acronis Disk Doctor is retired, there
are bound to be a few more free ones out there as well.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/paragon_partition_manager_express_free_edition.html
Name: pm14free_x64_eng.exe <=== the one I'm still using
Size: 53091632 bytes (50 MiB)
SHA256: 7F48097AC70AE6B27FCC5C40A10BBE7E42516DC7D73D0C48ABFFE1D50B2145CF >>>>
Name: pm_2014_free.msi <=== the Majorgeeks one
Size: 43603456 bytes (41 MiB)
SHA256: 37B11D8DD6BF53F62BF8197F824A11B3E51835D8A92F0CF10D8058BFB969128A >>>>
Paul
Thanks, Paul. I instaalled a free partition manager (MiniTool Partition
Wizard Free 13.6) but it won't work. Which partition manager would you
advice me?
Fokke
"It won't work." No way to diagnose why the failure, or what you did
wrong, like try to change arrangement and enlargement in the wrong
order.
WHY wouldn't Minitool let you move the recovery partition (the last one,
not the first one)? As for why you have 2 recovery partitions, see my
other reply, but that is just a suspicion of cause.
I don't know why there are 2 recovery partitions.
Now I use Paragon Partition Manager 14 Professional, but that won't wotk either.
Fokke
Unfortunately, Windows does a little too much referral to
things via "Partition4", when using a GUID would have made
the environment insensitive to the first pattern. And if
you do execute a "sort" operation, you have to think carefully
about any Windows subsystems that are already wired wrongly
or are booby-trapped.
Fokke, might this be because you are trying to use a program ON your
Hard Drive to alter the make-up OF that Hard-Drive??
Try installing your Partition Manager onto a USB Drive, then boot into
that USB Drive and see if you can make the required changes ..... after having Backed Up your main drive first.
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
Unfortunately, Windows does a little too much referral to
things via "Partition4", when using a GUID would have made
the environment insensitive to the first pattern. And if
you do execute a "sort" operation, you have to think carefully
about any Windows subsystems that are already wired wrongly
or are booby-trapped.
Moving the 2nd (last) recovery partition (partition 4) will not change
its partition index number. It was P4 before the move, and still P4
after the move.
.----.----.----.----.-------------------------.
| P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | unallocated | '----'----'----'----'-------------------------'
^---------- move ---------V .----.----.----.-------------------------.----.
| P1 | P2 | P3 | unallocated | P4 | '----'----'----'-------------------------'----'
The old scheme in boot.ini to reference partitions by their relative
index order would remain intact after the move. Resizing the P3
partition into the unallocation space still doesn't change the relative indexing of the partitions.
.----.----.----.-------------------------.----.
| P1 | P2 | P3 | unallocated | P4 | '----'----'----'-------------------------'----'
^-- resize --V
.----.----.----------------.-------------.----.
| P1 | P2 | P3 | unallocated | P4 | '----'----'----------------'-------------'----'
Their GUID partition table is a new monster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
The disk manager tool moving around partitions would have to change the
LBA offsets in the GUI partition table. Really not much of a difference
from the old MBA partition table that specified cluster offsets for
where each partition started, and how long it was.
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