Migrated to SSD; It split my data into 2 'drives'...

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I recently upgraded to an SSD. I used the migration software that came with the new drive to move all of my stuff over, but it split my data into 2 partitions that show up as separate drives: One of them has most of my stuff, but the other one is only 99.9MB and is completely full. I can't delete this smaller partition as it contains system files. I constantly get a notification telling me that the drive is full; it's quite annoying. How can I remedy this little nuisance?


CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" SSD; Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II
Case: Inwin MANA134 ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750M
Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)
 
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Here is an idea... Microsoft confirmed last week that once your old registration key is accepted for the Win 10 upgrade, that you would be able to do a clean install. So if that continues to be the policy going forward, and its should, then after you create a backup, you could partition the SSD the way you want it, and reformat it, and then put Win10 on it.

Release date is July 29.
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Yeah everything runs well, just annoying notification. On my original drive, there were 2 partitions but the didn't have separate drive names. That's new since migrating to SSD
 
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Right. And it shouldn't have a drive letter.
This is one of the fail points of the whole clone/migration thing.
 
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I migrated my whole hard drive over which was approx. 200 GB

The original partition on the old drive was about 351 MB. It was created automatically When i installed Windows 8.1
 
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271 GB Free on the larger partition (C). On the smaller one that's full (G) it has only 788 KB of free space.
 
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I have an idea that I know why you are getting the out of free space warning, but if my guess is correct, everyone else that has made an SSD a boot drive, including me, should be getting that warning, and we are not. I've had this SSD as the only drive in my system for 13 months, and never gotten a warning from it, or about it.

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This is what the top part of the Disk Management window looks like on my system.
 
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Here's mine:

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Is there some way to either merge the partitions or at least add more space to the 'G'? I've tried turning off the notification, it doesn't work.
 
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Drive G is what is causing your out of space warnings. 1MB free. The thing that is weird though, is if that is your hidden recovery partition, why does it have a drive letter assigned to it? It is supposed to be hidden.

I do not have an explanation for that right now. Its late here. I will do some more research on this in the morning.
 
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Yeah, it did that automatically when I migrated. Thanks a lot for your time, I really appreciate it!
 
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I managed to stop the notifications with EaseUS Partition Master. I used the 'resize and move' feature to create and borrow some unallocated space from my 'C' partition, which enabled me to resize the 'G' partition and give it plenty of extra space to breathe.

At least the annoying part is taken care of! There's still that mysterious separate drive letter phenomenon that can still be remedied if anyone wants to take on the challenge..? If not, thank you to everyone who took time to comment and for your willingness to help!
 
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That "unallocated" section that you took memory from is needed by an SSD to replace cells that start having problems. The more of that "unallocated" space that you steal, the harder it may be for the SSD to function properly somewhere down the road. You're probably going to be fine for awhile. I'm just concerned about a few years from now when the SSD is a bit older.
 
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I didn't know that.. So, even though both 'C' and 'G' are on the same SSD it might cause problems down the road? It was only an extra 300 MB that I borrowed so that the partition would be about the same size that it was on my original drive before I migrated it. That's good to know for the future. Thanks
 
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Normally, I only hear good things about that. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 EVO, but it went into a new box (this one that I am using now), 13 months ago. So I did not need to migrate anything over. When I added a 2GB hard drive last week, I just used Explorer to do it. It went relatively fast considering everything I have loaded onto the SSD in 13 months.

I do not know what is on that G: drive. It might be the old copy of windows, and probably some other things that you do not need now. If I were you, I would go open Explorer and see if there is a Windows folder there, and if there is, look in it and see if there are files and folders in there. If so, then I'm probably right. Next, look inside of the Program Files and Program Files(x86) and see if your old programs are in those. This might just be a backup of the old stuff.

If it is, I might be able to help you delete all of that stuff, and free up that partition.
 
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Okay, here's what it shows on 'Default' folder options:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1044x449q90/540/ZFPvII.png

And Here's what it contains after I allow it to show hidden system files:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1052x451q90/908/zIz1vH.png

$RECYCLE.BIN (folder)
Boot (folder)
System Volume Information (folder)
bootmgr (system file)
BOOTNXT (system file)

The Windows folder is in my 'C' drive.
 
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Hmm... System Volume Information folder was updated today. That is being actively used. Then again, you changed the size of that partition... that could be why its showing its updated. You said you did that last night.. where do you live? Asia?
 
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I live in the U.S.

I attempted to do a system image backup today... could that be why? It failed though because a "file was in use"

I looked in my 'C' drive and found that all of the files and folders in 'G' are also in 'C'... if that helps
 
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I'm not sure right now what would change that timestamp. Those normally are set on something when it is created, and never changes. That is why it caught my attention.

As far as the contents, it is mostly system file stuff, yes. That was immediately clear to me when I saw the screenshot you posted. I love being able to post screenshots back and forth because I finally can see what you see, and I may see things that mean things to me that a normal user would never notice.

I will say this. In try really hard not to tell someone to do something that might negatively affect their computer. I want to make things better, not worse. So until I become comfortable that G: can be safely emptied, lets leave it alone. I want to believe that it's a copy of files on the C: drive. And nothing more. But seeing that date changed to 1:20pm today, I looked at that, and just said "WTF".
 
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Well, I really appreciate all of your effort and your time. Everything's functioning well, so it's not a huge deal fixing it right away. I'm just hoping that when I upgrade to Windows 10 it will install normally and I can remove 'G' then.

Thanks again!
 
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