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I'm new here. Just a bit Comp Illiterate... but learning. I've looked through threads from back in 2012,,,, they don't really address my problem.

Just installed new Samsung 850 EVO SSD. Used the software to set up with no problems.

I notice now that I have way less space than anticipated, an "unallocated Partition" as well as partitions that have very little used space. I did not set the partitions up. That's what the included software did.

Disk 0 is the SSD 250GB

The 1st Partition has no name, 2nd is OS, 3rd is HP Recovery, 4th IDK.

1. Can I easily resize the partitions without losing any data? If so how, please?
2. How can I get the "unallocated Partition" back into the main OS partition?

(BTW I cloned the HDD and have it as Disk one for back up OS & boot,,, and storage.

Thank you for your time.

Wish I could figure out how to post or attach my screen shot...
 
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well you can go to 'Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management the you can "Extend" or " Shrink" the Volume size.
highlight the drive..(the one with Blue bar on top) then right click you will see the "Extend volume" and "Shrink Volume options"
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well you can go to 'Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management the you can "Extend" or " Shrink" the Volume size.
highlight the drive..(the one with Blue bar on top) then right click you will see the "Extend volume" and "Shrink Volume options"
 
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1. Is the "1st Partition" on the cloned SSD designated "Unallocated" disk-space or is it a created partition with an assigned drive letter?

2. Provide the size (disk-space) of each partition.

3. Is the final partition on the drive actually named "IDK" or is that a label you provided?

4. The HDD that served as the "source" disk whose contents were cloned to the Samsung SSD...did you use the Samsung Data Migration program to carry out the disk-cloning (data migration) process?

5. I'm assuming you have NOT YET modified/deleted the original data on the HDD, right? It's the same data (including the OS) as it was when you undertook the disk-cloning operation, yes?

6. Provide a description of how the HDD was partitioned along the lines you provided for the cloned SSD, including the volume of data in each partition.

7. At this time you can confirm that the cloned SSD boots & functions without any problems, right?
 
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Thanks! I have read that somewhere...is it really that easy? It won't effect the data in the partitions?
 
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I'm afraid I may have mis- coined some events...I realize now that the unallocated partition at the end of the drive is the OP 25%.

But I can still get several GB back if I resize the other partitions. Just don't know what they are for or if that extra space needs to be there. I have not deleted or added anything from either drive yet. I'm also wondering if I can/should just delete the recovery crap on the SSD since I have it on the backup HDD.

Here is a link to the screen shot.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ql38wg5uulyqv3i/screen%20shot%20of%20partitions.jpg?dl=0
 
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So many things wrong with that setup.

1. Remove the E drive letter from the 100MB system partition. It is not supposed to have a drive letter.
2. The clone you made on Disk 1, the F partition, isn't really useful or needed. There are much better ways to do what you're trying to do.
3. How did the 23.29GB partition get created on Disk 0?
From its current location, you can't easily merge it with th3e C partition. They need to be actually right next to each other.
 
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1. This is an HP OEM PC you're working with and the OS is Win 7, yes?

2. Or is the 320 GB drive that you cloned to the 256 GB drive just from an HP OEM PC and you're currently using a non-OEM PC?

3. As it stands now your boot drive (the 256 GB drive) boots just fine to the Win 7 OS and functions problem-free, right?

If you want my help, please answer my questions PRECISELY.
 
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ArtPog....
#1 Yes

#2 HP OEM Original HDD (disk1) is 320 Gb. That was the source drive I cloned from. It was already partitioned just like that. I cloned to a Samsung 850 Evo which is 250 GB Disk0. The partition at the end of Disk 0 is the OP of 25% recommended by Samsung's Magician.

#3 Yes.

So I guess what I want to know now...Disk0 when I check it says I have 79 GB used & 75GB free, but I see a lot of free space in the other partitions....I'd like to get some of that back.
 
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1. There are a number of ways to resolve your situation.

2. One way would be to use the AOMEI Partition Assistant partition management program.
A. When the graphic of the boot drive opens, select the Recovery Partition by clicking on that partition.
B. Click on the command "Resize/Move Partition".
C. A graphic will open representing the Recovery Partition. Use your mouse to move (slide) the partition AFTER the unallocated disk-space.
D. Click OK.
E. Click green "Apply" checkmark on top left-side of menu bar.
F. Click Proceed.
G. Reboot.

3. The above process will allow you to utilize Disk Management to invoke the "Extend Volume" command so that the C: partition would encompass all that unallocated disk-space of some 23+ GB.

4. We probably also would want to delete that 54 GB Recovery Partition so you could use that disk-space to further extend the C: partition but since you're working with an HP OEM machine I'm somewhat hesitant to recommend doing so. I'm certainly not comfortable with your living with 50+ GB of HP Recovery disk-space that could be put to better use (further extending your boot partition). But we'll hold up on that for the time being.

 
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OK... my last reply didn't get posted for some reason.... anyway. qazzi had the right idea only that the extra space went into the "unallocated" partition.

Am I correct in assuming that by using this action it will always place the extra space in the partition that is right behind it? (apparently).

If this is the case then I must, as ArtPog suggested, use a partition management program, to move the partitions around, but not AFTER the unallocated partition, (which I want to keep) but move it in front of the Main C partition so as to have the extra space move into the C partition.

What you think?
 
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