Merging Two Compartments on an HDD into One

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Scrapped a 500GB HDD from a laptop. Formatted it all. Contained two drives (is that what the separate compartments are called? I'm assuming probably not...), one labeled 'Storage' and one labeled 'OS'- pretty standard stuff. I would like to (if possible) simply put the two separate compartments together into one. If anyone could walk me through this that'd be amazing.
 
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OK...for that, the easiest way is to go nuclear.
Ensure there is NO data on that drive you wish to keep
Create a DBAN CD, boot from that, and wipe out that drive completely.
Obviously being very careful you select the correct dive. There is no Undo.
After, create a single partition and format it.

Or, you could delve into commandline options of...
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You're trying to merge 'partitions', not 'drives'.
Before any specific recommendations or steps to follow, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.
 
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Partitions! That's the word I was looking for! Thanks for that...

Here's a snip:
http://imgur.com/a/8PUU4

The Data D is my laptop's HDD, and the OS_Install C is my laptop's SSD.

DATA G is one partition in the separate HDD and OS F is the other partition. This HDD is hooked into my laptop by a SATA to USB 3.0 cable.

 
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So...the Disk 0 is the one you wish to merge?
If so, right click on the space to the right, the 18.66GB.
Delete that partition
Then, right click on the 912GB partition and select Extend. That should make it all one partition.
 
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No. Disk 2 is the one. My first snip didn't include the full thing. Sorry.
Updated:

http://imgur.com/a/HuYT4

F and G are the ones I want to combine.
 
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OK...for that, the easiest way is to go nuclear.
Ensure there is NO data on that drive you wish to keep
Create a DBAN CD, boot from that, and wipe out that drive completely.
Obviously being very careful you select the correct dive. There is no Undo.
After, create a single partition and format it.

Or, you could delve into commandline options of diskpart
 
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I'd rather not DBAN... I read the description and it said it will remove all data from any drive it finds. Unless I can actually select the specific one?
 
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Easy way around that...disconnect all other drives except the one you want killed off.
It can't wipe what it can't see.

It let's you select which drive, but that will prevent any possibility of an accident.
 
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Got it... thanks a ton! All done.
 
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