For some reason, you may want to move unallocated space to the left/right. Do you know how to effectively execute the operation? In this post, MiniTool Partition Wizard introduces a step-by-step guide on how to move unallocated space to the right or left. You can give it a try.

Why You Need to Move Unallocated Space to the Left/Right

Unallocated space on a disk is a physical space that you can use to create a new partition or extend an existing partition.

You may need to move unallocated space in some situations. Let’s take extending partitions as an example. When you are attempting to extend a partition in Disk Management, you have to make sure you move unallocated space to the right next to the partition. Otherwise, the Extend Volume option will be greyed out.

Besides, in case you want to merge two partitions separated by unallocated space, you should move the unallocated space to the left/right too. By doing so, you make the two partitions adjacent to each other, which is the necessity for merging partitions.

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How to Move Unallocated Space to the Left/Right

Is there any way how to move unallocated space to the right/ or left? Microsoft Windows doesn’t develop a built-in utility to help you execute the operation. But don’t worry. You can make use of a third-party program to move unallocated space with ease.

Here, we’d like to recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard to you. It’s a free partition manager that enables you to move unallocated space easily and safely. Moreover, it also allows you to partition/clone hard drive, format USB to FAT32/NTFS, recover data from hard drive, etc.

MiniTool Partition Wizard tells how to move unallocated space to the right/left with the following guide.

Tips:
If you have several partitions getting in the way, repeat the following steps until you move unallocated space to the left or right of the target partition.

Step 1: Download, install, and launch MiniTool Partition Wizard on your PC.

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Step 2: Right-click the partition next to the unallocated space and select Move/Resize from the context menu. Also, you can highlight the target partition and then select Move/Resize Partition from the left action panel.

Tips:
To move unallocated space to the right, choose the partition after it. Instead, choose the partition before it.
select Move or Resize Partition

Step 3: In the pop-up window, drag the partition slider to the leftmost. Then click OK to continue.

Tips:
To move unallocated space to the left, move the partition slider to the rightmost.
move the partition slider

Step 4: Once done, click Apply to save the changes.

click Apply
Tips:
In addition, if the unallocated space is large enough, you can try cloning the contiguous partition to the unallocated space and then deleting the original partition. This can help you to get unallocated space at the right/left of the target partition.
Also Read:How to Move Partition to End/Beginning of Disk in Windows

This post discusses how to move unallocated space to the left or right in detail. When you plan to move the unallocated space on your disk, you can refer to this post. If you have any problems with this topic, you can leave a message in our comment part below.

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