Solved Extend C: with non adjacent partition

icemantaz

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Ok, so Iv ran out of space on my samsung SSD so I bought a new crucial SSD. I have cloned the original SSD and its working but I cant get the extra space merged with my C Drive.
C Drive is 92gb and then there is 3 partitions in between the extra 120gb that I want to add.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
 

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As I see it - You have a 92GB partition and a 23GB partition - all the other partitions are MB partitions

I see "G" where are the C, D, E, F drives?? Since this is listed as disk 2, there are also two other disks missing -Disk 0 and Disk 1

Edit: I see the faded out 120GB now..

What you have in those partitions are the

4(windows 8.1 recovery tools) created after win 8.1 update
5(oem recovery image)
6(oem tools )

at command prompt(admin)
Type> diskpart
type> select disk 2
type> list partition
take a snapshot

type> list volume
take a snapshot

Now find the 23GB volume #
type> select volume #
type> assign letter=r

Browse thru R and find Install.wim or Install.swm(s) - those are your Factory recovery Images..

If you want to Keep the factory recovery and recovery images??

type> C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Setosimage /Path R:\RecoveryImage /Target C:\Windows /Index 1

assuming the install* file(s) are on "R" and in a folder called "RecoveryImage"

- change drive letter and folder name to suit your system setup and C to your windows drive letter (G ??)

Then go to control panel > recovery > Create a recovery drive..

At that point you will have the factory recovery on a usb stick..

You can then delete the 3 partitions in question and merge all the space
 
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