One common complaint that I get from friends and family is that their computers with default organization configurations from Dell, HP, etc. often brand the C sectionalisation also small and therefore forcefulness them to figure out means to extend the segmentation in social club to get more complimentary infinite.

Unfortunately, when you search about merging partitions, the vast majority of solutions suggest you download third-party software to manage making changes to Windows partitions. With all the choices and options, it speedily becomes a daunting chore for the average PC user. There are expert programs out there and they volition get the job done safely without needing much technical knowledge, but they usually cost anywhere from $thirty to $threescore.

In this article, I'll effort to evidence you a simpler and easier manner to merge ii partitions without whatsoever 3rd-political party software. It'southward non as robust every bit using a third-political party and in some situations, you will take to apply a separate program, but it will get the job done for most people.

Basically, what we do is backup the 2d partition, and then delete information technology, then extend the first division to include the gratis space created when we deleted the second sectionalization. Here's how we do it in Windows 7/8/10.

Merge Partitions in Windows 7/8/x

First, correct-click on Reckoner or This PCon the desktop and choose Manage.

manage computer

Next click on Disk Management in the left manus navigation pane:

disk management

Now on the correct hand pane, you'll run across a list of volumes at the top and the list of disks at the bottom.

disk partitions

As y'all can see in the example in a higher place, I take a C and E volume. The C volume is my System partition that includes the operating organization and paging file. The E volume is just a second primary segmentation that's about 10 GB in size. What we desire to do here is to merge these ii partitions so that the C partitioning becomes threescore GB instead of fifty GB.

The first thing we demand to do is to right-click on the Due east sectionalization at the lesser and choose Delete Volume.

delete volume

Y'all'll get a warning stating that deleting the volume will erase all data on it. You should make sure you lot take backed up anything on that volume first before you lot do this. Once y'all delete information technology, you'll run across it becomes Unallocated space.

unallocated space

At present to merge the partitions, simple right-click on the partition you want to extend (C in my case) and cull Extend Book.

extend volume

The magician will open, then click Next. On the Select Disk screen, it should automatically select the disk and show the amount from any unallocated space.

extend volume win 7

As you tin can come across, the wizard found 9999 MB of unallocated space which I can use to extend the C volume. Click Next and and then click Stop. Now yous'll run into the first sectionalisation (C book) has been extended and includes all the space on the deejay.

extended volume

That's it! Yes, with this method y'all take to delete a division and support the data, but at least you don't have to worry about any 3rd political party software and paying for anything. It's not too hard to just re-create some data to an external hard drive and and then copy it back later on. If you have any questions, post a comment! Enjoy!