"There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" when expanding a disk volume

You run into the following error when you try to extend a disk volume, even the additional space is shown in your Disk Management:

“There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation.”

Solution:

Try to rescan the disks – then it should work without any problems:

12 Comments

AmanAhad 17. March 2015 at 11:37 PM

this will work 1000 %
by AmanAhad
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Trubar 28. May 2015 at 10:35 AM

rescan did the trick.

Thx

Darma 18. June 2015 at 8:22 AM

thanks 🙂

Shahab 23. June 2015 at 4:10 PM

so many thanks

Ricky 14. July 2015 at 7:56 AM

You are my man! It works like a charm!

aaqib 4. May 2016 at 11:06 PM

Its not working on win ten

Neha 14. May 2016 at 2:08 PM

not Work any OS

aka jaun 18. May 2016 at 6:38 PM

not work for window 7 . issue not solve

David 18. August 2016 at 10:16 AM

Thanks – worked a treat. This was for a shrink and had the same error message.

Taz 20. August 2016 at 4:53 AM

Didn’t work for Windows 10, still having issues.

Zarmash Gardiwal 10. November 2016 at 7:36 AM

still facing with that problem

Syalcin 29. November 2016 at 6:03 PM

It’s amazing !!! It works with 2 rescan Disks.

“There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation” when expanding a disk volume