Overview of Disk Management Windows 11
Every operating system needs users to manage disk space and protect disks for better performance. If you plan to upgrade to Windows 11, it's smart to prepare your devices.
Since users may need to adjust, format, or move data on drives, disk management tools are important. This article will explain two options: Windows 11's built-in Disk Management tool and a third-party option, and how to use them.
Windows 11 includes a Disk Management tool to manage hard drives and partitions. It can create, format, and delete partitions but has limitations, such as no undo feature, and even sometimes you may can’t access Disk Management on Windows 11 computer. Despite this, it’s also essential to know how to use it when necessary.
There are two simple ways to open Disk Management in Windows 11:
1. Use the Quick Access Menu
Step 1: Right-click the "Start" button or press "Windows + X" to open the menu.
Step 2: Select "Disk Management" from the list.
2. Use the Run Command
Step 1: Press "Windows + R" to open the Run dialog.
Step 2: Type "diskmgmt.msc" and press "Enter" to open Disk Management.
AOMEI Partition Assistant: powerful Windows 11 disk manager
AOMEI Partition Assistant is a powerful and easy-to-use Windows disk manager that works with Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. This means you won't have any problems with Disk Management. It's perfect for managing disks for people of all skill levels thanks to its wide range of features and easy-to-use layout. These are some of the best things about this Disk Management tool for Windows 11:
Change between MBR and GPT Data Disks: You can convert MBR to GPT in Windows 11 without losing any data.
Fix Issues on Your Own: With AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can easily fix computer issues like D drive missing Windows 10 and Windows 11, system crashes, and so on.
Create and Delete Partitions: You can easily make new partitions from current ones or empty space, and you can quickly get rid of partitions that you don't want.
Easy Format: When you format folders, it's easy to change them to NTFS, FAT32, or exFAT file systems.
Resize/Move Partitions: You can easily make partitions bigger or smaller, and you can also change where they are located.
Merge Partitions: This feature lets you combine empty space with any partition, making it easier to expand without the need for continuous room.
Clone Disks or Partitions: It can easily move or back up data by cloning disks or partitions, such as moving from HDD to SSD, copying a section to another drive, moving only the operating system to SSD, or replacing a hard drive without reinstalling Windows.
AOMEI Partition Assistant is a powerful disk management tool that goes beyond what Disk Management can do on its own.
How to use the powerful disk manager in Windows 11
This article will show you in detail how to make partitions bigger in Windows 11 using the file manager. It will cover 2 different situations.
Case 1. Extend partition when there is non-contiguous unallocated space
Here we recommend the "Merge Partitions" feature of the AOMEI Partition Assistant for this situation. This function merges two close or continuous unallocated slots into a single partition.
Step 1. Download and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. Right-click on the partition you need to extend and choose Advanced > Merge Partitions.
Step 2. Tick the checkbox before the unallocated space and then click OK.
Step 3. Now you can preview the unallocated space that has been added to C drive. To save the change, please click Apply button in the top left corner.
Case 2. Extend partition when there is no unallocated space
Another option is to use the "Allocate Free Space" function to move the available free space from one partition to another if there is no free space on the disk.
Step 1. Open this software, right-click a partition that has enough space (here is D partition), and then choose Allocate Free Space.
Step 2. Enter the size of free space you would like to add into another partition (here is C drive), and then click OK.
Step 3. Now you can preview that some free space has been allocated to C drive from D partition. Click Apply to save the changes. Then you will extend partition C.
Conclusion
When you just want to divide your hard drive into different sections, Windows 11 Disk Management is all you need. Still, when it comes to hard jobs, AOMEI Partition Assistant is miles ahead of the rest. It has been improving global data protection since 2010 and has more than 60 million users from all over the world. That being said, AOMEI Partition Assistant has a lot of useful features, but some more advanced ones might need a paid version.Windows 11 Disk Management is enough to do simple tasks with hard disk partitions.
It is clear that AOMEI Partition Assistant is the better choice for more complex tasks. It has been improving global data protection since 2010 and has more than 60 million users from all over the world. Although AOMEI Partition Assistant has a lot of great features, some of the more complicated ones might need to be paid for, which could be seen as a small downside.