Without using something like GParted, you can only expand a given partition into contiguous free space following the partition.
So you want your free space to occur immediately after your Windows partition (C
. If you put your free space before the C: drive as per that 2nd screenshot, you'll be screwed.
P.S. Unformatted primary should be "unallocated". Unallocated means there is no partition and the preceding partition can grow into unallocated space.
"Unformatted primary" means there is a partition, but it doesn't have a file system on it. The fact that it is a valid partition, however, means that the preceding partition cannot grow into it, since two partitions cannot overlap.
So you want your free space to occur immediately after your Windows partition (C
. If you put your free space before the C: drive as per that 2nd screenshot, you'll be screwed.P.S. Unformatted primary should be "unallocated". Unallocated means there is no partition and the preceding partition can grow into unallocated space.
"Unformatted primary" means there is a partition, but it doesn't have a file system on it. The fact that it is a valid partition, however, means that the preceding partition cannot grow into it, since two partitions cannot overlap.