I bought a secondary hard drive for my personal files. My friend installed it for me and split the 80 gigs into 2 drive Letters. One is a 75 gig (for music and pics and the other is 5 gigs for just documents from word. Now I want to compile it into 1 drive. I put my documents into the 75 gig dfrive. How do I delete the 5 gig hard drive and put it into 1 80 gig drive?
2006-12-11 10:37:56 · 7 answers · asked by hicksvilleny 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If you want, you've to give your computer to computer's shop. Because, it's very tough for us. It's not a simple task.
2006-12-11 10:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by Siz 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To do this you need a "partitioning" program that can move and/or change "active" drives. There are several. I use partition magic
If you have moved all the files to the 75Gb drive, open partition magic, delete the 5Gb drive, add the "free space" to the other drive, when done close and reboot.
NOTE: The partitioner program MUST be on the C drive with the OS, or it will not work correctly, if at all.
2006-12-11 19:24:52 · answer #2 · answered by f100_supersabre 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once a drive has been partitioned like this it is nearly impossible to recover the space used in the second part of the drive. Basically taking two partitions to make one is not really possible. That would cause you to lose all information in both partitiions. Sorry, but at this point you are SOL. Hope this helps
2006-12-11 18:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to copy your data in a backup drive/primary drive and then fomat the drive to be combined. Then you copy the data again in the drive. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some drive problems can be easily fixed by yourself using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2006-12-12 08:23:52 · answer #4 · answered by BU1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use a partition program like Partition Magic, but I would not recommend it. There are risks of corrupting your partitions by using programs like Partition Magic, which means losing all your data. If it bothers you that much, then you can backup all your data on a CD, DVD or a different computer, then merge the partitions.
2006-12-11 18:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by techman2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you can do, try to backup your files to C drive , and use software call Partition Magic to do it
If cant, ask ur comp. vendor / technician to do it 4u
2006-12-11 18:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by TLPreferBlue29 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not worth it for 5gb. The software to do it costs money and you risk losing everything.
2006-12-11 19:58:12 · answer #7 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋