Merging partions back together.

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i have no luck with this i have my 1 terabyte drive split into 3 partions i want to merge them back together. i have tried computer management partion magic nothing will work or the options arent there or highlighted i really need to fix this. thank you all.
 

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QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
What is on those 3 partitions? Windows and system on 1, and data on the other 2??

How big is each partition? How much occupied space on each partition?

Any unallocated (unpartitioned) space?

You can't willy nilly "merge" partitions, at least not with Windows own tools.

General technique:

Open disk management and look at the partitions, left to right. C for windows is probably on the left.


Do you have access to another drive, perhaps external, or to DVD disc backup and could you put stuff there?

Of the 3 partitions, assuming windows is on the left, can you move everything in the middle partition to either C or the far right partition, at least temporarily? The idea being to empty the middle partition.

Post a screen capture of disk management if you can.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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PC/Desktop
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
here is the pic the one i want to do is the top one.

here is the pic for you/.
 

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windows 7QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, ...G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPKNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
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windows 7
CPU
QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPK
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Is this correct:

On disc 0, you want to combine Z, D, and the unallocated space into a single partition?

On disc 1, you want to do nothing at all and that is where your operating system lives?

If so, what personal data do you have on Z and D? How many total gigabytes occupied on Z? How many total gigabytes occupied on D?
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
I would recommend you to use Acronis Disk Director suite to merge the partiton.
 

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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB...6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB...AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
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Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
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Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
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Samsung Electronics
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6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
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AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
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1366x768
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1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
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sucks
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
z 53.7 gigs being used on z and on e 58.9 and what about the 117 gigs of unallocated free space i want this to added.
 

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windows 7QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, ...G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPKNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
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windows 7
CPU
QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPK
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Do you mean D has 58.9, rather than E? I don't see E in your picture.

Why can't you do this:

Move everything on D to Z.

Delete D in disk manager.

Expand Z in disk manager to contain all the space formerly occupied by D and the currently unallocated space of 117 gigs.

Z would then occupy the entire drive.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
it wont let me expand.
 

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windows 7QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, ...G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPKNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
OS
windows 7
CPU
QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPK
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Can you move the stuff on D to Z?

Can you then delete D?

You CANNOT expand Z unless you delete D first.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
i will try it thanks for the help keep you posted/
 

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windows 7QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, ...G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPKNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
OS
windows 7
CPU
QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPK
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

windows 7QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, ...G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPKNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
OS
windows 7
CPU
QuadCore AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 940, 3000 M
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
Memory
G Skill F2-8500CL5-2GBPK
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Any luck yet. Coming in late but I've had good luck with EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition, which is free for home users. As with ALL partition utilities, things can go wrong so make sure you backup any important data first. This would be one of the worst times for a power outage, so make sure no bad weather is about, or better yet, use a good UPS with AVR.
 

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Windows 7 Profession 64-bitIntel Core i7-860 QuadMushkin 4x2Gb PC12800Gigabyte GTX260 896Mb
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BrightWorks Systems B4
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Windows 7 Profession 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-860 Quad
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55-UD4P
Memory
Mushkin 4x2Gb PC12800
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Gigabyte GTX260 896Mb
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Integrated 7.1 HD Dolby
Monitor(s) Displays
2 Samsung 2220wm-HAS 22"
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 | 1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
WD HE 1Tb
PSU
Corsair TX-750W
Case
Ultra M998
Cooling
OEM
Keyboard
MS Wireless Comfort 5000
Mouse
MS Wireless 5000
Internet Speed
Cable and pretty darn fast
I doubt it.

You can't merge/expand a Primary partition with an Extended.

Partition Magic is not compatible with NT6 partitioning rules. Avoid it.

Acronis Disk Director is not comaptible with windows 7. (You might get away with using the boot disc). Avoid it.


Easeus Partition Manager Free version is OK - but it only works on 32 bit systems.

By far the best FREE app. is Partition Wizard - works on 32 and 64 bit , and has a boot disc:

Free Download Partition Wizard

By far the best Paid app. is Paragon Partition Manager :

Paragon Partition Manager - hard disk partitioning software, resize, merge & split partitions


Hope it helps
 

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