Can I merge 2 empty partitions using disk management?

[The Old Fart]

I have a second physical hard drive on my machine that is partitioned
into 2 drives. Each partition is now empty since the partitions have
been formatted. Is it possible to merge these 2 separate partitions
into one new drive with a new drive letter using the disk management
options of Management console of XP Pro? If so how is this done?

 

[Bill Blanton]

I have a second physical hard drive on my machine that is partitioned into 2 drives. Each partition is now empty since the
partitions have been formatted. Is it possible to merge these 2 separate partitions into one new drive with a new drive letter
using the disk management options of Management console of XP Pro? If so how is this done?

Delete the two partitions and create one new partition spanning the
whole disk.

 

[The Old Fart]

Delete the two partitions and create one new partition spanning the
whole disk.

I saw that disk management will delete partitions. I didn't see
anywhere to merge the 2 partitions together. How is this done?

 

[C A Upsdell]

I have a second physical hard drive on my machine that is partitioned
into 2 drives. Each partition is now empty since the partitions have
been formatted. Is it possible to merge these 2 separate partitions
into one new drive with a new drive letter using the disk management
options of Management console of XP Pro? If so how is this done?

E.g. see
http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

 

[Enkidu]

I saw that disk management will delete partitions. I didn't see
anywhere to merge the 2 partitions together. How is this done?

Say you have two partitions, one 6GB and one 10GB. Delete them both.
There will be enough space on the disk to create a new partition of 16GB.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have a second physical hard drive on my machine that is partitioned into
2 drives. Each partition is now empty since the partitions have been
formatted. Is it possible to merge these 2 separate partitions into one
new drive with a new drive letter using the disk management options of
Management console of XP Pro? If so how is this done?

If the partitions are empty, don't merge them. Delete both partitions and
create one new one.

You'll be done in probably less time than it took me to write this.

HTH
-pk

 

[The Old Fart]

If the partitions are empty, don't merge them. Delete both partitions and
create one new one.

You'll be done in probably less time than it took me to write this.

HTH
-pk

Thanks for all the information. I now have one larger partition.

 

[bojimbo26]

E.g. see
http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

Not being rude , but how do you justify spending $70 to delete 2
partitions for nothing ? ( from 4 other answers )

 

[Gerry]

With a product that has slipped a long way from being the market leader!

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[C A Upsdell]

Not being rude , but how do you justify spending $70 to delete 2
partitions for nothing ? ( from 4 other answers )

It depends on the needs of the OP. There was a time when I needed a
partition manager, and when I did, I had to use it fairly often, so a
commercial product made sense. If the OP messes with partitions quite a
bit, such a manager may also make sense for him: but if the OP does
not, such a manager would not make sense ... for him. It would be up to
the OP to judge. Not you.

 

[Gerry]

There are arguably cheaper and better products than Partition Magic
today. My feeling ( I may be mistaken ) is that Symantec has not made
any significant investment to update Partition Magic for some time and
will not do so in the future. They have bought other market leaders and
taken punters money until the product ceased to meet modern standards.

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[bojimbo26]

It depends on the needs of the OP. There was a time when I needed a
partition manager, and when I did, I had to use it fairly often, so a
commercial product made sense. If the OP messes with partitions quite a
bit, such a manager may also make sense for him: but if the OP does
not, such a manager would not make sense ... for him. It would be up to
the OP to judge. Not you.

I began the question with " not being rude " , however
<plonk >

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Bill Blanton wrote:
I saw that disk management will delete partitions. I didn't see
anywhere to merge the 2 partitions together. How is this done?

It can *not* be done, at last not without third-party software. Read
Bill's instructions above again. He told you how to get the same
result. That's your only choice, short of acquiring third-party
software.