Combine Partitions In Windows 10

[kir13y]

So I just bought a new laptop with 1TB of storage. For some reason the drive is partitioned into a 400GB (C://) and 600GB (D://). The D drive is labeled "data" and the C drive is the OS drive. Is there a way to combine these drives into one drive so that the OS has 1TB and when I install programs, they will install to the OS drive? I have tried EaseUS Partition Manager which did not allow me to combine the C and D drives. Any ideas?

 

[JaredDM]

Yes, first move any data from D: over to C: so that D: is empty. Then, in Drive Management (control panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) delete that partition and extend the other one.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You can't merge the two partitions as they are not contiguous. The recovery partition rests between them. You might be able to reduce the size of "D:" and move the recovery partition to the end of the drive, then either extend "C:" into the now empty space, or move "D:" up into that space. At that point you should be able to merge.

 

[kir13y]

Yes, first move any data from D: over to C: so that D: is empty. Then, in Drive Management (control panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) delete that partition and extend the other one.

I was able to delete the D drive but how do I extend the C drive? The "extend" right click option is greyed out on the C drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, first move any data from D: over to C: so that D: is empty. Then, in Drive Management (control panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) delete that partition and extend the other one.

I was able to delete the D drive but how do I extend the C drive? The "extend" right click option is greyed out on the C drive.

In that Disk Management window, the C partition and the Unallocated partition need to be right next to each other.

 

[kir13y]

Yes, first move any data from D: over to C: so that D: is empty. Then, in Drive Management (control panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) delete that partition and extend the other one.

I was able to delete the D drive but how do I extend the C drive? The "extend" right click option is greyed out on the C drive.

In that Disk Management window, the C partition and the Unallocated partition need to be right next to each other.

So how do I move them so that they are right next to one another?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, first move any data from D: over to C: so that D: is empty. Then, in Drive Management (control panel > admin tools > computer management > drive management) delete that partition and extend the other one.

I was able to delete the D drive but how do I extend the C drive? The "extend" right click option is greyed out on the C drive.

In that Disk Management window, the C partition and the Unallocated partition need to be right next to each other.

So how do I move them so that they are right next to one another?

Try this:
Easus Partition Master
http://www.partition-tool.com/