SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Ok, does anybody know if its possible for me to put my hard drive back into one peice? what i mean is, its split into two parts, and one is for "backup", i dont need this anymore as i bought a portable HD to keep my backup on there. Im running low on space on the main drive on my pc, and i want to combine the two parts into one. Or is this even possible? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 you mean it's partitioned? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 yeah, im not very techy. lol Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 well if you right click My Computer, and select Manage, under Disk Management you can delete the partitions. however, since it's on your main drive, i don't know if you can do it properly without erasing everything. i just did this recently with a second drive, but not my primary. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 would it erase everything on my HD or just the backup part, becuase i dont need anything on the backup part, but everything on the other. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I use this for managing my partitions. Free and simple. http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-....html?tag=mncol Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 when i click to delete the backup part it, it says, "All data on this volume will be lost, do you wish to continue?". just to make sure, this will delete only the part i want gone. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Are you using the program in the link or Windows Disk Management like Homer mentioned? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 disk management. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 before you do anything, just wait until one of the more technical guys chime in again. it will delete only the partition you select, but combining it to your other partition is another story. EDIT: yeah, listen to steve, he knows what he's talking about more than i do. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 uh, yeah. i want to combine them it sounds like. My HD went from 300 gigs, to one with 100 (main) and the other 200 (backup). Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 well then i'm pretty sure you're gonna need another utility for that. disk management will let you delete all partitions. but you need to delete all of them in order to "unpartition" them. at least from my experience with it. in which case, you data will be lost. check out his link first and see if that program can unpartition a drive. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Just download that program in the link and you will be set. After you install it, a couple of right clicks and a reboot should do the trick You don't have a dual boot setup or anything like that on the Hard Drive do ya? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 got the program on my computer. no dual boot. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Find the partition you want to remove and choose delete, then you have to hit the apply tab to make the changes. After you do that, click on what should be the only partition you have, and choose resize and then hit apply. It should make you reboot, after that you should have all your HD space back. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 ok, now what? do i resize it til there's nothing, then resize the other? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 will i loose any data? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 If you didnt backup the stuff you wanted on the partition that was used for backup, you will lose that. You wont lose any data on your windows partition since you are just resizing it. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 ok, deleted the backup part, now just resize the remaining part and im good to go? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoll Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 yes. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 um, now the my documents folder is gone. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieaces Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 How is all the rest of your stuff? Can you boot into Windows without any problems? Did you get your Hard Drive space back from 100 to 300gb? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 uhm. the guy that fixed my Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SESbb30 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 *fixed my computer put the mydocuments folder ON THE BACKUP, and like a clone i guess on the c drive, which i dont ******* understand. i lost over 50 GIGS OF MUSIC, a mvp dynasty i was 120 GAMES INTO. and TONS OF OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ****. im gonna go to his shop and make sure he cant walk tommorow. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 didn't you back up all that stuff onto your external drive first? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/39442-hard-drive-help/#findComment-568174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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