Windows 10: How to merge two partitions of HDD into one without affecting the data on it

The title says it all, there are only two partitions on my hard disk.

Any thoughts?

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Merging System Partition with a Large HDD

There is plenty of third party software available on the Web that will do that for you, but I find the free version of AOMEI Partition Assistant the quickest and most intuitive way to manage partitions without data loss -

Click HERE to visit their website

Honestly, I would shrink the data partition and extend the System partition to something in the region of 100GB+

Merging partitions can be done without data loss, however the operation is not without its pitfalls as the location of data is changed from D to C for example and this can cause problems . . .

Click HERE for their (AOMEI's) article on merging partitions

I hope this Helps!

 

How to merge various partitions on a disk into a single one ? (without data loss)

I'm trying to install Windows 8.1, alongside Windows 10. I have a single HDD on which I want to do this. This HDD is a dynamic disk with 4 partitions, one The system reserved, one with the OS installed and other two for data storage. According to the internet tutorials on how to do this, I first created an unallocated space out of my OS partition, booted with the Win 8.1 DVD and then when I select the unallocated space Windows installer prompts me that "This disk contains one or more dynamic volumes...". So I learned that I will have to convert the dynamic disk to basic. I had a copy of MiniTool partition manager, so I opened it up and selected the "Convert Dynamic Disk To Basic" option, but then the partition manager prompts that it can only convert dynamic disks with "A SINGLE PARTITION". Now my question is how do I merge all my partitions into one without any data loss and not disturbing my present Windows 10 installation.

If any other workaround is possible please inform me that too, as I want to install the Windows 8.1 alongside my Win 10 with minimum hassle.

Here are some screenshots for reference.

 

How to merge two partitions into one?


I have recently upgraded to the Windows 10 anniversary version. I would like to extend my C: drive by merging the F: drive into it.

Attached is the photo of my hard drive.

How do I go about merging F: drive into c: drive? I would like to use Windows 10 disk management utility to do it....is that possible?

Any help is very much appreciated...

Thank you.