Solved Unpartitioning HDD into a single volume

dothackjhe

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I had this PC dualbooted with Windows XP and Windows 7 before due to some software having incompatibility issue with Windows 7 so I had to partition the HDD into two volumes. Now that I've removed Windows XP and is currently using Windows 7 alone, how do I unpartition the one used by Windows XP back to the other to form a single volume? 20 Gb of HDD space was allotted to Windows XP and is still not usable.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (desktop) / x64 (laptop)AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 2.8 GHz (desktop) / AMD D...4 Gb DDR3 / 4Gb DD3Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 2048 Mb / AMD Radeon H...
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (desktop) / x64 (laptop)
CPU
AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 2.8 GHz (desktop) / AMD Dual-Core E-350
Motherboard
ASRock N68-VS3 UCC / Acer Aspire 5253
Memory
4 Gb DDR3 / 4Gb DD3
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 2048 Mb / AMD Radeon HD 6310
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768 / 1366 x 768
Hard Drives
313GB Seagate ST332041 8AS SCSI Disk Device (ATA) / 500 Gb HDD
PSU
Electron ATX-600W
Case
Some Case
Cooling
AMD built-in cooling fan
Keyboard
Logitech Keyboard
Mouse
A4tech Infrared Mouse / Philips Infrared Mouse
Internet Speed
1 Mbps
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Information of the PC's specs courtesy of Speccy freeware. Lol.
In windows 7 rightclick computer and press 'manage', there go to 'disk management'. Rightclick the unwanted partition and press 'delete partition'. If you now rightclick your other partition, there should be an option to expand it using your free space...

Good luck
 

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Windows 7 x64Intel dualcore P8400 @ 2.26 GHz4G DDR2 SDRAMATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus X70VR
OS
Windows 7 x64
CPU
Intel dualcore P8400 @ 2.26 GHz
Motherboard
64-0100-000001-00101111-072208-Cantiga$M70VX2
Memory
4G DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Sound Card
Realtek ALC663 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Philips LP171WP4-TLN1 (or television using HDMI Cable)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Hard Disk Name: Momentus 5400.5 320320
Interface: SATA-II
Formatted Capacity: 320 GB
Max. Internal Data Rate: 490.4 Mbit/s
Buffer Size: 8 MB
After deleting the 2nd partition, there was left an unallocated space which was where the 2nd OS was placed. I got it integrated back to the first partition by right-clicking on the first partition and expanding it thus getting the unallocated space. Everything's fine now. Thanks. ^________^
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (desktop) / x64 (laptop)AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 2.8 GHz (desktop) / AMD D...4 Gb DDR3 / 4Gb DD3Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 2048 Mb / AMD Radeon H...
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (desktop) / x64 (laptop)
CPU
AMD Phenom 2 X3 720 2.8 GHz (desktop) / AMD Dual-Core E-350
Motherboard
ASRock N68-VS3 UCC / Acer Aspire 5253
Memory
4 Gb DDR3 / 4Gb DD3
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 2048 Mb / AMD Radeon HD 6310
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768 / 1366 x 768
Hard Drives
313GB Seagate ST332041 8AS SCSI Disk Device (ATA) / 500 Gb HDD
PSU
Electron ATX-600W
Case
Some Case
Cooling
AMD built-in cooling fan
Keyboard
Logitech Keyboard
Mouse
A4tech Infrared Mouse / Philips Infrared Mouse
Internet Speed
1 Mbps
Other Info
Information of the PC's specs courtesy of Speccy freeware. Lol.
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