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Merge partitions

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fabul Posted messages 42164 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello,

A few years ago I installed a 2 TB SSD on my Windows 10 desktop PC that I partitioned (unwisely) into 4 partitions of 500 GB each (for "Documents", "Photos", "Videos", "Music"). Now, however, the "Photos" partition is almost full while the other 3 are only about 25% used. Hence the idea of merging these 4 partitions into a single one so I can store more photos there.

But is it possible, without having to wipe the drive, reformat, merge the partitions, and put all the files back? There are apps designed for this, but is it a good choice? Do you know AOMEI, for example? Is it safe? Of course I would make backups beforehand in all cases…

What do you recommend? Thanks in advance.

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    brucine Posted messages 24901 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 177
     

    Hello,

    I suppose the question is not to delete the contents of the other 3 partitions but to reclaim part of the free space from them (you should leave roughly 20% on each).

    It can indeed be done without issue and without loss with Aomei, but you have to play the musical chairs game.

    Assuming the partition to keep is the leftmost one, you start with the rightmost partition and reduce it to the desired size by moving the slider from the left so that the free space is in front.

    You merge the third partition with this free space on its right that is adjacent to it, then you repeat the operation between the third and second partitions, and finally between the second and the first.

     

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  2. fabul Posted messages 42164 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 066
     

    Hello,

    Decide on a partition to start emptying (Copy elsewhere) to delete it, and an adjacent one to keep, enlarge the first, and copy the data onto it as you enlarge it.

    It may take a lot of operations, perhaps, but it is doable, in necessity and with no other means (Disk that can hold everything).

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