Move the partition to the left, shifting unallocated space to the right or end of the drive

Can't move the partition to left and unallocated space to right? Fortunately, this article will offer you a useful tool to move unallocated space.

"Move unallocated space to the right, and shift the partition to the left."

#1. Download a partition software to move partitions/unallocated space to the left or right.

Windows doesn't offer a way to move unallocated space, so you'll have to turn to third-party disk management tools. The issue here is that you need to move the unallocated space to the left, right, or end of the drive. But how do you go about doing that?

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, a popular disk partition tool with advanced "Resize/Move" feature, can help you deal with almost all complex disk partition issues in Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista.

And its advanced, flexible features can meet all your needs:

• Resize/Move partitions
• Format partitions
• Hide/Unhide partitions
• Erase partitions
• Clone disk/partition
• Check or Merge Partitions

#2. How to move partitions left and unallocated space right

Since Windows Disk Management cannot move unallocated space to the left, with the smart operation of Partition Master, you can drag the slider to allocate space as you wish. No matter where the unallocated space is, you can use “Resize/Move” to extend the disk space. Download partition tool to move unallocated space to the right and then move the partition to the left to expand the target partition.

Here, you will be walked through the process of moving unallocated space easily.

Step 1. Launch Partition Master and go to the “Partition Management” section.

To move the partition to the right, select the partition that is next to the unallocated space, and then choose Resize/Move.

Hover the mouse over the partition, and then drag it to the right to move the unallocated space.

Step 3. Move the partition to left: You can repeat Step 1 and Step 2, then drag the target partition to left and move the unallocated space to the right or end of the destination disk.

Move unallocated space to where it is needed

Click “Execute Task” and then “Apply”. This will finally execute the operation of adding the unallocated space to the target partition.

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Why do you need to move unallocated space?

A disk may have multiple partitions, such as C:, D:, and E: drives. There may also be unallocated spaces displayed as "*," labeled as Unallocated. Unallocated space is space that has not yet been used. You cannot use this space until you create a new partition in the unallocated space or add it to another drive.

If the unallocated space is directly behind Partition C, right-click on it and select “Extend Volume” to increase the size of your C: drive. If the unallocated space is not directly behind Partition C, you cannot extend the partition using Disk Management.

The unallocated space is not behind the partition.

The built-in free tool only allows you to extend the Windows partition with unallocated space behind it. Otherwise, you may receive the "Extend Volume greyed out" error. Many users run into this issue when they try to extend C drive.

Conclusion

Under its guidance, you will learn how to allocate unallocated space to C drive or other partitions. If your C drive is full of junk files, there is also a guide on how to clean up the C drive. With this software, moving unallocated space is not difficult. If you want to extend the G partition with unallocated space, you can move the unallocated space to the right with F drive and then expand with Partition Master.

Check out this video tutorial to see what else Partition Master can do for you in hard drive management: