This article introduces how to move partitions in Windows 10/8/7 with safest partition manager software, how to move Windows 10 partition to left or right, front or end of disk, or to another disk without reinstalling Windows or losing any data.

1. Copy Partition To Another Drive
2. Copy Partition To New Drive
3. Copy Partitions To New Hard Drive Installation

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• Which tool to move partition in Windows 10/8/7

Typical example why moving partition in Windows 10/8/7

• Dec 03, 2020 With this tool, you can move partitions, resize partitions (even the active one), copy partitions, as well as change the drive letter and label, check the partition for errors, delete and format partitions (even with a custom cluster size), convert NTFS to FAT32, hide partitions, and wipe all that data off of partitions.
• I would rather copy or clone the Dell Restore Partition/software to the new drive rather than reinstalling the software and drivers by hand. I tried “Acronis True Image 10.0”. The cloned partition looked Identical within the Windows disk manager but when I installed the HD it into my Dell I could not get the BIOS to access the Dell Restore.

The copy disk wizard function helps to copy all partitions and data from one disk to another. All partition data on the target disk can be used normally. Users even can boot the computer from the copy of the source disk. Here is a quick video guide. Mar 11, 2016 NO!!! Windows 10 will not copy system drive onto another fresh clean hard drive. Did this 11 times and give up used 5 different programs. Amoei backupper for one windows 10 pro upon boot up after copying onto a fresh hard drive during boot up windows says ' inaccessible boot device' windows will restart. Every time got this same message. I have tried using trueimage to clone the drive but when trying the new drive on boot up it gets to the Dell 'blue bar' then freezes. I have tried copying partition by partition but this is even less successful. I have tried restoring the restore 'ghost' image to the new hard drive but symantec ghost reports incompatibilities with the image file.

Copy Partition To Another Drive

Windows 10/8 inherited the same Shrink Volume and Extend Volume functions in Disk Management from previous Windows 7. With this native management tool you can decrease and change size of allocated partitions without reinstalling Operating System or losing data (in most cases). However, Disk Management cannot extend C drive by shrinking D or other partitions, because:

• Shrink Volume function can only make Unallocated space on the right when shrinking a partition.
• Extend Volume function can only extend partition by merging contiguous Unallocated space on the right.

After shrinking D drive, Unallocated space is nonadjacent to C drive and is on the left of E drive, so Extend Volume greyed out for both partitions.

In this situation, some people are wondering whether it's possible to move partition D to the right, then Unallocated space is next to C drive, therefore, Extend Volume is enabled for C drive. The answer is yes. No matter you want to move a partition to the left or right, to front or end of disk, or even move to another disk, it is possible, but you'd better select a reliable tool.

Which tool to move Windows 10 partition?

Firstly, you should know that neither Windows Disk Management nor diskpart command can move partitions. To move partition in Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, you have to run third party software. There are many choices including free and commercial, Windows setup and Linux kernel based programs.

Secondly, you should know that there's potential system damage and data loss risk while resizing and moving partitions for Windows computers.

When you moving a partition, the start and end position of this partition will be changed, all files in it will be moved to new locations, Some unreliable software could modify the parameters or move files unsuccessfully. If it happens, this partition will be damaged and files will be lost. So remember to back up in advance and run safe disk partition tool.

Better than other software, NIUBI Partition Editor has unique 1 Second Rollback technology to protect system and data. If anything goes wrong, it automatically reverts the computer to original status in a flash. In that case, nothing will be changed or lost.

In addition, it has Virtual Mode and Cancel-at-well technologies to avoid incorrect operations, advanced file-moving algorithm to helps move partition 30% to 300% faster. It has free edition for Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP home computer users.

Download this program, you'll see all storage devices with partition structure and other information. In my test computer, there is 20GB Unallocated space which is shrunk from D drive.

1. How to move partition to the left or right

It is very easy to move partition in Windows 10/8/7 with contiguous Unallocated space, just drag and drop on the disk map and only 1 step is needed. If you use hardware RAID arrays such as RAID 0, 1, 5, do not break raid array, follow the same step below.

Steps to move partition in Windows 10/8/7 with NIUBI Partition Editor:

① Right click D: drive and select 'Resize/Move Volume', drag middle position towards right in the pop-up window

Then partition D is moved to the right and Unallocated space is moved to the left.

② Click Apply on top left to execute. (Real disk partitions won't be changed until click Apply to confirm.)

• To extend C: drive, right click it and select the 'Resize/Move Volume' again, drag right border towards right to combine Unallocated space.
• If you want to extend E: drive with this adjacent Unallocated space, you can achieve without moving partition. To do this, right click E and select 'Resize/Move Volume', drag left border towards left in the pop-up window.

Video guide to move partitions in Windows 10/8/7 with NIUBI:

2. How to move volume to front or end of disk

If the partitions are not in sequence, for example: C, E, and D, you can simply change the drive letters without moving partition.

Some computers or software require a specific partition to be at front (or end) of disk. In that case, you just need to follow the step above to move partitions one by one, or refer to this article.

Copy Partition To New Drive

3. How to move partition to another disk

If you want to move all partitions to another disk, follow the steps in the video. Here I'll show you how to move single partition to another disk.

Steps to move partition to another disk in Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP:

Step 1: Shrink a partition on another disk (here is F:) and make Unallocated space with 'Resize/Move Volume'. Ignore this step if there's existing Unallocated space on this disk.

Step 2: Right click the partition that you want to move (here is D:) and select 'Copy Volume'.

Step 3: Select the Unallocated space in target disk and click Next.

Drag right border towards right to combine extra Unallocated space.

Step 4: Right click original drive (D:) and select 'Change Drive Letter'.

In the pop-up window, select any other drive letter.

Step 5: Right click target drive (F:) and select 'Change Drive Letter' again, select D in the pop-up window.

• If you installed programs in D drive or want to keep everything the same, Step 4 and 5 are required. If you just want to move files to other partition, you may ignore these 2 steps.
• If you want to move Operating System to another disk, copying single partition C cannot ensure Windows boot. Instead, you need to copy entire disk.

Copy Partitions To New Hard Drive Installation

In Summary

Windows native Disk Management cannot move partition or Unallocated space, to move volume in Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, you need 3rd party software. Among these tools, NIUBI Partition Editor is free, much safer and faster. Besides moving partition volume, it helps you do many other disk partition management operations.