Disk Managemnet, Cant unshrink my hard drive

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I was going to reinstalling windows on my computer and i thought put 200gb for windows 8 and and 1300gb can be for windows 7(for gaming), So i install windows 8 and shrink the hard drive size so windows 8 has 200gb. And use windows 7 for gaming but my pc is a bit s#*t and a dont do gaming any more. (only on the ps3).

So can i unshrink or something so i have 1.5tb together for windows 8?

http://s26.postimg.org/ex92j2vvt/diskmanagement_png.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 200
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
    Motherboard
    Dell ORK936 (Socket 775)
    Memory
    DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
    Hard Drives
    1.5T
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avira
I was going to reinstalling windows on my computer and i thought put 200gb for windows 8 and and 1300gb can be for windows 7(for gaming), So i install windows 8 and shrink the hard drive size so windows 8 has 200gb. And use windows 7 for gaming but my pc is a bit s#*t and a dont do gaming any more. (only on the ps3).

So can i unshrink or something so i have 1.5tb together for windows 8?

http://s26.postimg.org/ex92j2vvt/diskmanagement_png.jpg

Hi xXHALLID4YXx:
You'll have to delete the C: volume then extend the other volume then re-install the OS.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion
  • PC2
    Tablet - Windows 10 Home
my one concern on why i may not recommend this idea, because you will be creating a spanned volume across the drives and if one drive fails you will have no redundancy. If you do do this you will have to make sure you add it to your consistent backup routine.

Cheers,
Harry
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows Server 2012 R2 / 8.1
my one concern on why i may not recommend this idea, because you will be creating a spanned volume across the drives and if one drive fails you will have no redundancy. If you do do this you will have to make sure you add it to your consistent backup routine.

Cheers,
Harry

He's only got 1 disk though, and apparently no system reserve so he needs to delete/format and start from scratch, then he can shrink forward in the future if necessary.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion
  • PC2
    Tablet - Windows 10 Home
Try AOMEI Partition Assistant Home, very easy and safe program to mange partitions.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 200
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
    Motherboard
    Dell ORK936 (Socket 775)
    Memory
    DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
    Hard Drives
    1.5T
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avira

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I use this tool - it is pretty good. For sure you do not need 200GB for windows. I use 60 and that is more than enough.

www.partitionwizard.com
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
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