How to reformat a 4 partition disk to create 1 partition for storage


  1. Posts : 101
    w7
       #1

    How to reformat a 4 partition disk to create 1 partition for storage


    I have a hard disk that the Disk Management diagram shows 4 partitions left to right:



    110mb Healthy (OEM Partition) / 10GB Healthy Active Primary / OS (F) 136.44GB (Healthy



    Primary Partition / 2.50 GB (Healthy Primary Partition)



    (see screenshot)






    I tried reformatting it but the reformat window would only allow the reformat of the OS partition



    How do I reformat this disk to use its total 150 GB of space instead of the 136GB of storage it currently allows?



    Thanks for your help
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  2. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #2

    I would suggest you to use Partition Wizard Bootable CD .

    For deleting all partitions of disk1 : Help on how to Delete All Partitions with partition manager - Partition Wizard?

    For creating a new partition there : Create Partition help of partition software - Partition Wizard.

    (all the links contains a video guide , at the bottom of the pages content. )

    Alternatively, using disk management :

    you can delete all the partitions : Partition or Volume - Delete

    And create a new one : Partition or Volume - Create New
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  3. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #3

    You should be able to delete each of those partitions, and then create a new one to cover the entire job. If not, Partition Wizard is free and can handle that for you.
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #4

    Can you delete those partitions rather than reformat them?
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