How can I remove an unused partition and merge with active primary ?


  1. chiggah
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    How can I remove an unused partition and merge with active primary ?


    Long story short, I cloned my old SSD (Disk 1) into a new m.2 (Disk 0). Is GPT the right way to go ? Or MBR ?

    But now I have ended up with a 1.76gb primary partition

    I tried deleting it , and also extending my active one, but won't do anything

    How can I get rid of this ? I normally prefer one drive without any partitions.

    Also, now I have a F: drive which I suspect is the EFI System Partition (Disk 0). How can I remove that ?
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  3. samuria
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    There shouldn't be a problem with deleting it then move uefi and c to the left then grow c. You can't delete uefi as it's the boot partition you may find it simpler with free partition software
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  4. chiggah
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    I used MiniTool for my cloning process. What do you mean by move uefi ?

    Did you mean delete EFI as per my screenshot ? Is that safe ?

    What about the 1.76gb E: drive ?
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  6. samuria
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    Move means move not delete which would stop it booting
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  7. Snick
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    Video EaseUS Merge Partitions and Unallocated Space without losing data ...
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