That unallocated partition represents disk space that will not be used until you allocate it.
That line represents a single physical hard disk that is divided into three partitions: Then, you need to tell Windows to use it.įortunately, this is pretty simple in Windows 7 and doesn’t require any additional tools basic partition management and rearrangement is built right in.įire up the disk manager (right-click Computer, click Manage and then click Disk Management), and I’m guessing that you’re looking at something similar to this: The problem is that it’s waiting for you to tell it how it should be used.īasically, you have an empty, unused partition and you need to decide how you would like that space to be used. Well, in a sense, it is just sitting there, waiting to be used.
