My C Drive is partitioned, how do I put them together?

SexyGreyFox · 12 Mar 2019 at 21:48

Many years ago I put Win7 on a 64gb SSD, a few years later I upgraded to Win10 but I cloned to 256gb SSD and my cloning device made a 64gb C Drive and the remaining became my E drive.
Most of my software has been put on my E Drive but now I want to combine the 2 partitions into one big 256gb one.
I really don't want to re-install because to be honest and touch wood, I'm really happy how Win 10 runs.

How do I go about this please?

SexyGreyFox · 12 Mar 2019 at 21:54

I was afraid of that

Thanks for the bad news.

SexyGreyFox · 15 Mar 2019 at 20:46

mattyfez said:
That said, its more of a psychological issue. It's nicer to have one big partition but it doesn't really make much practical difference from what you've described?

I can't put any updates on and Dropbox won't sync.
Deleting everything I can I've just got 2gb remaining.

SexyGreyFox · 15 Mar 2019 at 21:13

I know that now but it was fine with Win 7 for years and then I upgraded.
I bought a 256gb SSD last year to start again but I can't be bothered yet.

SexyGreyFox · 15 Mar 2019 at 21:53

mattyfez said:
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I'm not sure how you ended up with a 64gb c partition with a secondary E partition.

Read my first post.
I had a 64gb SSD and used a hardware clone machine to put it on a 256gb SSD.

SexyGreyFox · 17 Mar 2019 at 15:20

Semple said:
Have you tweaked win10 that much that it would be difficult to replicate it as a new install?

It's the amount of software I have and how I interact with some of the software.
It will be a real PITA to start again.
What I can do is upgrade at my own pace, I bought a 256gb SSD last year in preparation, I could keep changing my drives until I've got the new one ready.

SexyGreyFox · 17 Mar 2019 at 21:59

RetiredIT said:
This is the easiest way using your second 256 SSD:
1 - Backup all data etc on current system
2 - Install new disk and give it a high disk letter eg G:
3 - Copy all files, including hidden files, from the current E: to G: (alternatively use a cloning tool like Macrium Reflect)
4 - Restart Windows and immediately change the drive letter from E: to a different high letter such as L:
5 - Restart Windows and change the drive letter of the new disk from G: to E:
6 - Test that all software is working correctly.
7 - When satisfied with the testing results delete the second partition on the original disk and grow the Cartition to use the full disk.

Great suggestion but I presume that means I have 2x SSD's in my system.
I already have 3x 3gb HD's

SexyGreyFox · 18 Mar 2019 at 19:13

Thanks