How to move

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  1. Houley456

    Houley456 Registered Member

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    Disk0, do you see the 451 MB unallocated....how to move to the 930.97GM C: partition? And the 99MB EFI System Partition, I would like that moved to the 930.97GM C: partition too...I am lost.....see below....
     
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  2. Houley456

    Houley456 Registered Member

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  3. Raza0007

    Raza0007 Registered Member

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    You just need to use a partition manager to merge this free space. Try this free version from Paragon. I have not used their free version but their paid version is second to none.

    https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express/#


    If that does not work, try some of the free partition managers below. I have not used any of the ones below but the companies are good and reliable.

    AOMEI Partition Assistant
    https://www.diskpart.com/free-partition-manager.html

    EaseUS Partition Master
    https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html

    MiniTool Partition Wizard
    https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
     
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  4. reasonablePrivacy

    reasonablePrivacy Registered Member

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    What do you mean by "moving EFI partition"? If you merge it with 930 GB partition that is formatted with NTFS then you computer won't boot.
    EFI partition is required for UEFI boot process. It should be formatted with some version of FAT If I recall correctly and of course have OS boot files.

    Maybe if you could backup files from EFI partion before removing it, then recreate it at the beginning of SSD then it would work. You would have free space next to NTFS partition which should allow for merging.
    I am not sure however about the details for Windows OS. Let's wait for somebody with better knowledge of boot process of Windows.
     
  5. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    With partitioning software you can move it to the start of the disk. Now the 451MB of free space will be located after the EFI partition. You can then then move the C partition so that it is now located directly after the EFI partition again and the free space will be at the end of the drive. You can now resize the C partition so it occupies the free space.
     
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