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Using my OLD HD for my new external HD
I recently installed a new SSD in my old Acer laptop and removed the old hard drive and re-installed it in an external case. Once I get the few files off of it for the laptop I am going to want to wipe it and re-format it to use as an external Hard drive for Acronis Backups. Can I do the wipe properly in Computer Management or disk management to go from 2 partitions, the C:/drive which is 115 GB and a D:/drive which is 25 GB's. I want to just make it one drive or partition/Primary to use as a backup external drive. Can I do it inside windows and if so how? If not I have used Easeus Home Partition before so i am familiar with it. I just need the proper steps to do it right and not lose any of the disk space in the process. I just looked in Computer management to be sure and it does have a 8.79 Recovery Partition from Acer. I have a feeling that it will need more than Windows Disk management before it let's me delete that partition. When I delete one of these partitions, is the space still recoverable or is it gone too? I guess it's called unallocated?