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Deleting/Moving an unused partition using Disk Management

Anonymous
2011-05-29T16:26:48+00:00

I also have a similar question, I have 3 partitions on my Hard disk and i want to delete the other one since I am not using it.  Here are the information's:

C:

Healthy (System)

Capacity: 8MB

Free Space: 5MB

E:

Healthy (Reboot)

Capacity: 51.39 GB

Free Space:47.98 GB

D:

Healthy

Capacity: 97.65 GB

Free Space: 18.98 GB

What I want to do is to move the file on the E: partition to C: partition if possible since I won't be needing to many partitions and I did it by mistake :(. I would definitely want to keep the D: since I use it for back up. Can someone help me?

Thanks a lot!

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  1. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2011-05-30T01:15:09+00:00

    I think that what you mean is that you want to combine the C and E partitions -- you plainly can't move 3.4 GB of file into C. 

    Unfortunately, the partitioning capability of tools built in to Windows is quite limited, and can't do what you want.  You need a real disk partition management application.  I've never heard of "Partition Assistant Home" -- but that doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't a useful tool.

    However, one of the following 3 applications should do the trick for you:

    Easeus Partition Manager (free)

    Paragon Partition Manager Personal ($9.95 for a 10-day trial)

    Acronis Disk Director 11 Home ($45.95)

    There are several others as well, but you can't go wrong with any of the above.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T00:57:46+00:00

    Oh, and it shows that both E: and C: are my primary partition. so does that mean I cannot move E: to C:?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-05-29T16:35:43+00:00

    Your task is pretty complex, but you'd still be able to do it, but with some difficulties. Use this free software called Partition Assistant Home. It has a user friendly interface which easily lets you resize your partitions. It may also ask you to reboot your computer as you are resizing your system partition. After the reboot (ie before Windows completely loads up), Partition Assistant will do its work. It will take some hours to complete the task so don't panic. Here is a sample screenshot of Partition Assistant I took of my drives.

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T00:54:58+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for the quick response. I tried the Partition Assistant Home but the only drive that allows me move/resize is my D: drive. Whenever I tried to select C: or E: the only option would be resize/move and it's not doing anything. :(

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