Partition software advice for drives on a laptop

philstanbridge · 28 May 2015 at 13:59

I've got an Asus ROG laptop. It's a fantastic machine but for whatever reason they provide a teeny tiny system partition. I have only 10gb of space left on my system/boot drive. I've two hard drives and three partitions. Two of these partitions offer masses of space. It's a ridiculous setup. But anyhow, is there any partition software that will let me merge the C: and D:, whilst keeping E: as my data drive. I don't want to reformat.

KIA · 28 May 2015 at 18:09

What's stored on the D: partition?

1) Copy data from D: to E:
2) Delete D:
3) Extend C: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx

Shrapnel · 28 May 2015 at 22:24

Yep, as stated, you can do it all on window nativey now...
If you havr troubles, and don't trust microsoft then try g-parted live boot cd.

philstanbridge · 29 May 2015 at 09:53

KIA said:
What's stored on the D: partition?

1) Copy data from D: to E:
2) Delete D:
3) Extend C: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx

Ah right. Well that's quite easy. D: contains things like Lightroom and my working apps. I wonder what will happen then.

Quartz · 29 May 2015 at 11:12

philstanbridge said:
Ah right. Well that's quite easy. D: contains things like Lightroom and my working apps. I wonder what will happen then.

If you do it right, copying absolutely everything from D: to E: then remove D: and extend C:, you will be able to rename E: as D: and everything will still work.

bledd · 29 May 2015 at 15:30

Take a backup before doing this.

Macrium Reflect.

Personally, I would have formatted the laptop before using it.