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Apollo Refugio
By Apollo Refugio
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So long ago, I took my seagate barracuda out my old PC, and I created a partition using it. I made a 250 GB parition from a 1 TB seagate barracuda and the rest was for games. Well my game files are getting pretty big so i want to change it up because I plan to get a 1-2 TB harddrive down the line for my games or my pictures/videos/music. how do i delete it? can i get a link? 

 

below linked is my partiton. I want to only fix the Disk1 for now so I will just deal with having my picutes/videos/music into one drive.

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8 minutes ago, Apollo Refugio said:

So long ago, I took my seagate barracuda out my old PC, and I created a partition using it. I made a 250 GB parition from a 1 TB seagate barracuda and the rest was for games. Well my game files are getting pretty big so i want to change it up because I plan to get a 1-2 TB harddrive down the line for my games or my pictures/videos/music. how do i delete it? can i get a link? 

 

below linked is my partiton. I want to only fix the Disk1 for now so I will just deal with having my picutes/videos/music into one drive.

parititon.PNG

well, you cant do it while the data is on there, you will need to backup everything from both partitions, then wipe the drive, make on big partition, then copy it all back.

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Just now, DnFx91 said:

well, you cant do it while the data is on there, you will need to backup everything from both partitions, then wipe the drive, make on big partition, then copy it all back.

is there a link i can follow ?

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Just now, Apollo Refugio said:

is there a link i can follow ?

nah it's pretty easy man

 

copy all your data to a backup drive. 

format the 1TB drive to get rid of the multiple partitions, then copy all your data back onto the same drive, now with just one big partition on it. If you managed to partition the drive in the first place you should be able to undo it this time :)

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CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

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Just now, DnFx91 said:

nah it's pretty easy man

 

copy all your data to a backup drive. 

format the 1TB drive to get rid of the multiple partitions, then copy all your data back onto the same drive, now with just one big partition on it. If you managed to partition the drive in the first place you should be able to undo it this time :)

alright thanks man, i appreciate

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The free easeus partition tool can handle this pretty easily. Usually. You should still back up all the data on both partitions before trying, but it has done pretty good for me. Less than a 10 percent screw up rate.

 

It will let you delete the partition you dont want and merge the new unallocated space.

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1. Backup all data from the partition you're going to remove

2. Right click the partition you want to remove and format it

3. Select the other (main) partition and click 'Extend volume'

4. Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... Next... 

5. Done :)

 

Hope this helps, if not shout me

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