ASUS UX501VW Merge Partitions

[aquethys]

I have the new ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501VW and am trying to merge the two 256GB partitions.


I have attached a screenshot of Disk Management. Whenever I right click C:, extend is grayed out! Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

[KYHI]

You will need to use partitioning software..
Aomie Partition Assistant > Free Partition Manager Software - AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard

And move the 499MB partition all the way right (so it is last partition) and then extend C

 

[aquethys]

Here's what it shows me after installing. I think I accidentally converted the basic to dynamic and from Googling it seems like it's easy to go from basic to dynamic but hard to go from dynamic to basic.

Any additional help would be appreciated!
Thanks so much

 

[KYHI]

Well, that is a good pickle you got yourself into..

Disk Operations > Convert to MBR
and see if you get option after that to convert to GPT disk..

 

[aquethys]

So the program says it doesn't support disk conversion and asks me to install Dynamic Disk Converter, which seems to be paid

 

[KYHI]

download my bootable PE rescue disk - link in my sig below

 

[aquethys]

What should I do with the ISO?

 

[KYHI]

Create media - just like you would setup media and then boot from it...
It has the PA Pro edition

 

[aquethys]

So after I boot from it, what commands should I execute?

And actually, Im' having a little bit of trouble booting from USB. I used the Windows DVD/USB tool to burn the ISO to my USB and then followed the instructions here: https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1013017/ but then I get an error that says there wasn't enough memory and that Windows failed to start properly.

Thanks again for all your help

 

[aquethys]

When I go into Settings -> Recovery -> Advanced Startup -> Restart Now and then click from USB in the screen that follows, I ultimately get a memory error and forces me to exit back into Windows.

Is there another way to convert back to basic?

 

[brooksndun]

KYHI, I never noticed that before about your win PE boot disk.. thanks for that! I have to see all the little goodies you got now.. all in your signatures yes?