How Do I Join Partitions?

[Denise_M]

Hi,

When I installed Windows X64 (not Vista), I partitioned my hard drive so that it would have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.

My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
fine a use for it, so I want to join D and E to make 1 large partition and not
to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
drive.

How do I combine D and E to make 1 large partition without buying a program such as Parition Magic?
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[EricB]

you can't unless you delete everything. buy PM

 

[Icarus_got_high]

If you have deleted the E drive fully then you should be able to simply expand the D drive to fill the space it has left behind. When you delete the E drive you should be left with 'unallocated' space and they you just resize the D drive to use that space as well.

 

[Denise_M]

If you have deleted the E drive fully then you should be able to simply expand the D drive to fill the space it has left behind. When you delete the E drive you should be left with 'unallocated' space and they you just resize the D drive to use that space as well.

I do have empty space but in Computer Management -> Disk Management, there isn't an option to join the two or expand the D drive that I could find.

How would I expand the D drive?

Denise

 

[Osiris]

post a screenshot of disk management

 

[Denise_M]

Screenshot of Disk Management. It had to be reduced a lot to fit the size guidelines of attachments . . . I hope you can still read it.

Denise

 

[EricB]

upload the picture to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and then post the image url here. you need to sign up for a account

 

[Denise_M]

I think this should be the address. After I uploaded the picture, in order to share it, my email address and password weren't good for MySpace.

Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

If not, do I have to join MySpace also?

 

[Denise_M]

Or you can try this one . . . when I clicked on it, it opened to a large picture.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/Denise_M1/DiskManagement2.jpg

 

[EricB]

Or you can try this one . . . when I clicked on it, it opened to a large picture.

ignore the popups

post it like this

just take the ?(question) out of the link below and it will show as above