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How to remove a Partition without Formatting the Disk

I have 1 Hard Disk partitioned into two. C Drive and D Drive. I would like to remove the D Partition and make it one with the C Parition. How can I do this without formatting the hard disk and without spending money buying Partition Magic :)

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Please note that the D Partition was created during the installation of Vista. It was done when the disk was formatted.
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Sorry, hit Submit too fast.
You will start by deleting the D: partition then go through the process of Extending a Partition to extend the C: partition.
It should be that easy.
Of course you should always make sure important data is backed up before doing any major changes to a hard drive.
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hi jgmontgo,

When I click on the D Partition, the Delete and Shrink Partition options are dimmed out. Therefore I am unable to do anything. When I click on the C Partition, it doesn't allow me to Extend.

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