[SOLVED] unalicated space

Dmouse1 · 10-16-2009, 12:42 PM

I have a hard drive in a USB case that I formatted and it has two partitions one is 39+ gig and the other is 74+ gig which is the unalicated space,,, How do I make this hard drive have only one partition??? see attached file

**raptor_pa** · 10-16-2009, 12:58 PM

Is there dat on the drive,? If not just delete the 39 GB partition and create a new partition using the whole surface. If running vista you should be able to combine the partitions using disk management ( extending the K would be what to do ) or use third party partition management software. If you w ant to use two partitions for organization, then just creat a new partition in the unallocated space using disk management.

Mikhalkov · 10-16-2009, 12:58 PM

You could use GParted or Partition Magic. Just be careful that you don't lose your main partition.
I'm assuming that this is an external that doesn't have the OS on it (I can't really tell from the picture). So if you have another kind of media, back up everything that's in that primary partition before resizing it.

Dmouse1 · 10-16-2009, 03:53 PM

There is no data on the drive and yes it is an external, and I tried to extend the part with vista but it will not let me, I just noticed that my sig shows me as running XP, I am using vista,need to change that soon

**raptor_pa** · 10-16-2009, 09:46 PM

Just delete the existing partition in disk management and create a new one, format it to NTFS and away you go

Dmouse1 · 10-16-2009, 10:07 PM

That did exactly wat I wanted to o --thank you very much for your help-Raptor_pa-

10-16-2009, 12:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,843 OS: XP	Re: unalicated space Is there dat on the drive,? If not just delete the 39 GB partition and create a new partition using the whole surface. If running vista you should be able to combine the partitions using disk management ( extending the K would be what to do ) or use third party partition management software. If you w ant to use two partitions for organization, then just creat a new partition in the unallocated space using disk management. __________________

10-16-2009, 12:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mikhalkov Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 403 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: unalicated space You could use GParted or Partition Magic. Just be careful that you don't lose your main partition. I'm assuming that this is an external that doesn't have the OS on it (I can't really tell from the picture). So if you have another kind of media, back up everything that's in that primary partition before resizing it. __________________ "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -1957 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -1949

10-16-2009, 03:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dmouse1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: big town Prosser Wa. Posts: 243 OS: win Vista Home Premium	Re: unalicated space There is no data on the drive and yes it is an external, and I tried to extend the part with vista but it will not let me, I just noticed that my sig shows me as running XP, I am using vista,need to change that soon

10-16-2009, 09:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,843 OS: XP	Re: unalicated space Just delete the existing partition in disk management and create a new one, format it to NTFS and away you go __________________

10-16-2009, 10:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dmouse1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: big town Prosser Wa. Posts: 243 OS: win Vista Home Premium	Re: unalicated space That did exactly wat I wanted to o --thank you very much for your help-Raptor_pa- __________________ OS windows vista Home Premium