What method can I use to keep my system intact while unpartitioning my HDD?
What method can I use to keep my system intact while unpartitioning my HDD?
I bought a ready-made PC with a 1tb SSD for the main drive. It was split in half, and I want to take back the partition to use the full storage. I need a method that doesn’t require reinstalling everything.
Using Disk Management (diskmgmt
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msc), you can delete a partition and then expand the system one. Keep in mind that you can only expand partitions to the right. If another partition is on the left of the system one, you won't be able to expand it with Windows tools.
In my setup:
I was able to expand C: completely to the right, but I couldn't allocate the 100MB space on the left. Similarly, expanding D: wasn't possible because it's the last partition.
The 640MB Recovery partition is in the way.
Disk Management can only extend to the right, and only if there is nothing in the way.
You'd have to DELETE that 640MB space. Then there would be a single Unallocated space to the right of C, which you can extend into.
But ANY partition manipulation really needs to be preceded by a full drive backup. Just in case something goes wrong.
What is contained within the recovery partition? Is it acceptable to remove it?