How to restore your hard drive after deleting a dual-boot partition.

Promiseli
Junior Member

04-29-2021, 08:39 AM

I was running a dual boot between Ubuntu and Windows 11. I removed my Ubuntu partition since I no longer needed it, leaving me with 250 gb of unallocated space. Attempts to expand the other drive's partition failed due to insufficient space. I formatted the Windows side of the drive, but that didn’t help either. Then I tried converting the unallocated area into a separate Windows partition and merging them, though it still reported lack of space. Even trying with just 10 MB didn’t resolve the issue. I’m not sure how to search for this problem further because most results seem to focus on merging two separate drives rather than combining partitions on one drive.

Promiseli

04-29-2021, 08:39 AM #1

_flower_power
Junior Member

04-29-2021, 10:06 AM

Display a snapshot of the present Disk Management interface.

_flower_power

04-29-2021, 10:06 AM #2

Display a snapshot of the present Disk Management interface.

FeistyFirefish
Junior Member

05-20-2021, 01:22 PM

I'm attempting to restore disk 1 as a single complete disk once more.

FeistyFirefish

05-20-2021, 01:22 PM #3

I'm attempting to restore disk 1 as a single complete disk once more.

SophiaPav
Member

142

05-21-2021, 08:33 AM

I've already adjusted the formatting, so you won't lose any information. There were just games available. I can re-download them for you.

SophiaPav

05-21-2021, 08:33 AM #4

I've already adjusted the formatting, so you won't lose any information. There were just games available. I can re-download them for you.

eskzz
Posting Freak

909

05-21-2021, 04:41 PM

Power down and remove the device physically.
Does the system start without it?
If yes, reconnect and clear all current partitions on Disk 1, making it empty.
Create a new simple volume, format it, assign a drive letter.

eskzz

05-21-2021, 04:41 PM #5

tortadi
Member

156

05-25-2021, 07:06 AM

Oh no, I'm really confused. Thanks. The Windows version is on my other drive. I got stuck trying to merge them and didn't consider it. I should have taken a break until tomorrow. Appreciate the help again.

tortadi

05-25-2021, 07:06 AM #6

maxiionita
Member

172

05-25-2021, 06:39 PM

Yes, Windows is on the other drive.
I requested the disconnect test because of the tiny EFI partition on Disk 1.
It's unlikely to be the small boot partition required, but checking and confirming is always advisable.

maxiionita

05-25-2021, 06:39 PM #7

P__Eazzy
Junior Member

05-25-2021, 06:57 PM

Disconnect passed and when I followed what you advised I couldn't delete the EFI partition and kept facing the same issue. I was hoping to add my solution later if necessary.

P__Eazzy

05-25-2021, 06:57 PM #8

Disconnect passed and when I followed what you advised I couldn't delete the EFI partition and kept facing the same issue. I was hoping to add my solution later if necessary.

flameboy101
Member

173

06-02-2021, 12:33 AM

When everything else fails,
clean works...
😉

flameboy101

06-02-2021, 12:33 AM #9

When everything else fails,
clean works...
😉