Windows 10: Deleting partitions

Discus and support Deleting partitions in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi all, I have an extra spare hard drive and would like to use it as a backup drive to store Macrium images and the like. The disk is a WD 1 TB... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Sven1458, Oct 17, 2020.

  1. Sven1458 Win User

    Deleting partitions


    Hi all,
    I have an extra spare hard drive and would like to use it as a backup drive to store Macrium images and the like.
    The disk is a WD 1 TB spinner. It has 6 partitions on it and I would like to make it 1 partition.
    The only partition I can manipulate in disk management is the D partition. When I right click on it, it gives me several options on what to do with it. The other partitions just say help when I do that.
    How can I eliminate the other partitions?
    Running win 10 home ver 2004
    Thanks

    :)
     
    Sven1458, Oct 17, 2020
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  2. VBX
    vbx Win User

    Help, I deleted a partition, and can't seem to "extend" the other partition

    Ok, here's how it happened.

    I had 2 partition. XP and Win7 x86.

    I shrank the Win7 x86 partition and created a new partition (Win7 X64)

    I then deleted Win7 x86 partition.

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    edit: what warup suggested did the trick. It took 20+ minutes for that software to do it, but hey it worked.. Thanks
     
  3. Melvis Win User
    How to recover files off a HDD from a deleted partition? help!!!

    Thanks for your reply. I used my m8s program and it worked like a dream, recovered all the files and also deleted ones from yrs back, was amazed how well it did. Next step is i will use that Partition Table Doctor to recover the deleted partition. Thanks for the link *Toast :toast:
     
    Melvis, Oct 17, 2020
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  4. W1zzard Win User

    Deleting partitions

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Oct 17, 2020
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