Jan 9, 2018 - If you remove a partition from hard drive or other storage devices, the disk space once occupied by the partition will become unallocated.
How to merge partitions and Unallocated space in Windows?Some manufacture PCs/servers, even the one you built it yourself may not meet your needs after running the PC/server for a period. The two typical issue include:. The system C: drive or a data drive, you can from another drive by merging the two partitions.
There is free Unallocated space but you do not want to create any more drives, so you may consider merge the Unallocated space to an existing drive.Many people feedback they do not know or worry about merging partitions, so today I want to share my experience about how to merge partitions in all Windows platform, including Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP and Server 2016/2012/2008/2003 (R2). To explain better, I divided the introduction into 2 parts. Merge Unallocated space.
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How To Delete Unallocated Partition On Hard Drive
(all editions). Combine 2 disk partitions.Combine Unallocated spaceUnallocated space, sometimes called “free space”, is logical space on a hard drive that the operating system can write to. To put it another way it is the opposite of “allocated” space, which is where the operating system has already written files to.If the operating system writes a file to a certain space on the hard drive that part of the drive is now “allocated”, as the file is using it the space, and no other files can be written to that section.
If that file is deleted then that part of the hard drive is no longer required to be “allocated” it becomes unallocated. This means that new files can now be re-written to that location.Different with unused space in a drive, Unallocated space does not belong to any drives. By merging partitions, you can add the Unallocated space into a drive and change it to be unused space of this drive. Merge partitions with DiskpartIn Windows XP and Server 2003, if you do not want to use 3rd party software, the only choice to merge partition is running Diskpart. Diskpart is a text-mode command line tool interpreter which enables storage objects such as disks, partitions or volumes configuration and management from a script, remote session, or direct input from a command prompt.
Why We Need to Merge Windows 7 PartitionsIf you have a partitioned hard disk and C drive is running out of space, you can choose to merge C with D for a larger system partition. And you can also choose to merge partitions for more free drive space. In this page we would like to introduce you two ways to merge partitions in Windows 7: merge partitions with Disk Management Tool and merge partitions with EaseUS. Steps to Merge Partitions in Windows 7 with Disk Management Tool1. Right-click “Computer” icon on the desktop, choose “Manage” and click “Disk Management” to get its main interface as follows.2. Right-click partition D and then choose “Delete Volume” button to release unallocated space.3.
Right-click partition C and then choose “Extend Volume” button. Then, extend volume C by following Extend Volume Wizard. Steps to Merge Partitions Under Windows 7 with EaseUS Partition MasterWindows 7 built-in Disk Managemen tool requires you to delete the partition when you merge partitions with it. So, this method is not recommended because it will lead to a data loss disaster. But is there any other solution that allows you to merge partitions in Windows 7 without data loss? Of course, yes.
EaseUS can help merge disk partitions without bringing any damage to original data. It provides to backup the partitions you want to merge in a safe place to avoid any unexpected data loss. Tip: System partition and boot partition can only be set as the destination. The same to the partition installed EaseUS partition tool.Here is a comparison table that tells you the main features of the Windows 7 Disk Management Tool and EaseUS partition software. You can read and decide which tool is your best choice.
FeaturesEaseUS Partition MasterWindows 7 Disk Managementmerge partition, copy disk/partitionextend NTFS system partition without rebootCreate, delete, format, change the drive letter, set activeextend/shrink FATextend/shrink NTFSMove, hide, label, check partitionsdelete all partitionpartition schemeCreate Bootable DisksGPT disk.