help with extending partition

[Soulstorm brew]

Hi all , I just cloned a 1tb drive onto a 2tb drive and it created a partition, I just want 1 drive 1 partition.
is there an easy way hopefully in windows , I don´t think I can clone it again as the drive is reported as bad.




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[mwroobel]

Ok, first thing to do, is make a complete backup of all important data. Second, make a complete backup of all important data
You need to use the diskpart.exe utility. Which version of Windows are you running?


Here are the steps for diskpart (XP or later):

Run a Command Prompt (run cmd.exe)
diskpart.exe (starts the diskpart utility)
help (displays a list of commands, for reference only)
list volume (to list the volumes available and figure out the number of the volume you want to expand)
select volume # (# being the number of the volume you want to extend)
extend (this extends the selected volume to take up the available free space you have)
list volume (to make sure the volume is in fact bigger now)
exit (to exit partdisk)
Reboot your computer

If any of this does not go as expected, come back to chat more before you continue to minimize any potential nasties from getting worse.


Microsoft Page On Using Diskpart To Expand: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590

More info on Diskpart: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

 

[Luke M]

Right click -> Extend volume

 

[Soulstorm brew]

Ok, first thing to do, is make a complete backup of all important data. Second, make a complete backup of all important data
You need to use the diskpart.exe utility. Which version of Windows are you running?


Here are the steps for diskpart (XP or later):

Run a Command Prompt (run cmd.exe)
diskpart.exe (starts the diskpart utility)
help (displays a list of commands, for reference only)
list volume (to list the volumes available and figure out the number of the volume you want to expand)
select volume # (# being the number of the volume you want to extend)
extend (this extends the selected volume to take up the available free space you have)
list volume (to make sure the volume is in fact bigger now)
exit (to exit partdisk)
Reboot your computer

If any of this does not go as expected, come back to chat more before you continue to minimize any potential nasties from getting worse.


Microsoft Page On Using Diskpart To Expand: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590

More info on Diskpart: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

thanks for the detailed response , in the end all I had to do was right click and extend

Right click -> Extend volume

Thanks , I thought it would be simple , but not having done it before , I did´nt want to lose the data.