Cant merge Partitions

[Cpt.Fox]

Hi folks,
i was trying to merge a partition to another one but i couldnt, it said i didnt have GPT or that i dont have enough space to extend it, does anyone know why? there is only 1 unallocated partition im trying to merge into another partition that has files, the idea is to keep the files intact. i tried deleting it then using the extend function but nada. pls help

 

[Solaris17]

because you cannot move forward only backwards and you cannot skip over partitions.

you need more advanced software for this. like paragon.

the entire disk needs to be shifted forward and the last partition then extended into the free space.

 

[Cpt.Fox]

ok, will US Ease partition work for this too?

 

[Toothless]

Move the files, backed up. Use Easeus to delete both partitions, merge, make new parition, and move files back.

 

[newtekie1]

I'm going to assume you don't have the room to move the files on the G partition, that's why you can't just delete it and create one big partition.
1.) Create and format a partition using the unallocated space at the beginning of the drive.
2.) Move all the files from the G partition to the new partition you just created.
3.) Delete the G partition and the Recovery partition in the middle of the drive.(You might have to use DiskPart to delete the recovery partition)
4.) Extend the single partition remaining on the drive to use up the entire drive.

 

[Cpt.Fox]

hey guys, so i managed to get an external drive to move the files to because i couldnt create partition using the unallocated space, and i still cant , it says i dont have enough drive space when i try to create a new volume, do you know why this happens? i tried using Ease US partition but i doesnt allow me to do nothing, should i just use the windows Diskpart?
thanks for your help

 

[Static~Charge]

The problem is that 450MB partition sitting in the middle of the unallocated disk space. You need to move that partition to the beginning of the drive, which will consolidate all of the unallocated space into one large block. Afterward, you should be able to create a new partition.

 

[Cpt.Fox]

ok and how can i move the partition in the middle to the beggining?

 

[Static~Charge]

EaseUS Partition Master Free will make short work of that.

 

[Cpt.Fox]

I have Ease us Partition master, i right click the partition but there's no options to choose, i dont really know how to use it

 

[Static~Charge]

Sorry, I didn't spot this little detail before: that is a dynamic disk. You need the Professional edition of EaseUS Partition Master to manipulate partitions on dynamic disks. See this Microsoft article for an explanation of basic versus dynamic disks.

 

[newtekie1]

hey guys, so i managed to get an external drive to move the files to because i couldnt create partition using the unallocated space, and i still cant , it says i dont have enough drive space when i try to create a new volume, do you know why this happens? i tried using Ease US partition but i doesnt allow me to do nothing, should i just use the windows Diskpart?
thanks for your help

If everything is off the drive, just use Diskpart to clean the drive. That will get rid of that partition in the middle of the drive.

 

[Solaris17]

If everything is off the drive, just use Diskpart to clean the drive. That will get rid of that partition in the middle of the drive.

This.

Open an admin command prompt.

type

diskpart

then

list disk

then find your drive (look at the size of the drives listed)

then type

sel disk x

(where 'x'x is your disks number)

then type

clean

then in disk management (so you can work with a GUI) just right click on the now blank HDD and make a new partition.

 

[Cpt.Fox]

ok thanks guys, one final question, should i set the new Drive as MBR or GPT?
it says the GPT partition style is not recognized by previous windows versions

 

[Static~Charge]

There are some definite advantages to using GPT over MBR. How-To Geek has a nice article explaining them.

Here is a table showing GPT support on 32- and 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows. Depending on what versions of the o.s. that you're planning to use with the drive, you may not have any issues at all.