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Polarbear
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: How do I unpartition a hard drive Reply with quote
As in the title.

I have the hard drive off my old laptop and put it in a caddy to take the important data off, now done.

However my previous computer had divided it into 3 partitions which show up as 3 separate drives when plugged into my new computer.

How do I return it to one big drive?

Thanks in advance.
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PostPosted: 21:54 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Control panel - administrative tools - computer management - disk administrator/disk management. Find your drive in the list and delete the partitions.
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PostPosted: 22:08 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Command prompt > diskpart > list disk > select disk (number from those listed, CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE) > clean > quit

All done! Use that method all the time for re-using disks from random os's after they've spewed a random partition table on them.

Disk Management won't always remove certain partitions, the above is fast and works.
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PostPosted: 22:13 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
wots wrote:
Command prompt > diskpart > list disk > select disk (number from those listed, CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE) > clean > quit

All done! Use that method all the time for re-using disks from random os's after they've spewed a random partition table on them.

Disk Management won't always remove certain partitions, the above is fast and works.


Bloody good! Learn something new every day.


Code:


DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status      Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  ----------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online       149 GB      0 B

DISKPART> /?

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6002

ACTIVE      - Mark the selected basic partition as active.
ADD         - Add a mirror to a simple volume.
ASSIGN      - Assign a drive letter or mount point to the selected volume.
ATTRIBUTES  - Manipulate volume or disk attributes.
AUTOMOUNT   - Enable and disable automatic mounting of basic volumes.
BREAK       - Break a mirror set.
CLEAN       - Clear the configuration information, or all information, off the
              disk.
CONVERT     - Convert between different disk formats.
CREATE      - Create a volume or partition.
DELETE      - Delete an object.
DETAIL      - Provide details about an object.
EXIT        - Exit DiskPart.
EXTEND      - Extend a volume.
FILESYSTEMS - Display current and supported file systems on the volume.
FORMAT      - Format the volume or partition.
GPT         - Assign attributes to the selected GPT partition.
HELP        - Display a list of commands.
IMPORT      - Import a disk group.
INACTIVE    - Mark the selected basic partition as inactive.
LIST        - Display a list of objects.
ONLINE      - Online an object that is currently marked as offline.
OFFLINE     - Offline an object that is currently marked as online.
RECOVER     - Refreshes the state of all disks in the selected pack.
              Attempts recovery on disks in the invalid pack, and
              resynchronizes mirrored volumes and RAID5 volumes
              that have stale plex or parity data.
REM         - Does nothing. This is used to comment scripts.
REMOVE      - Remove a drive letter or mount point assignment.
REPAIR      - Repair a RAID-5 volume with a failed member.
RESCAN      - Rescan the computer looking for disks and volumes.
RETAIN      - Place a retained partition under a simple volume.
SAN         - Display or set the SAN policy for the currently booted OS.
SELECT      - Shift the focus to an object.
SETID       - Change the partition type.
SHRINK      - Reduce the size of the selected volume.
UNIQUEID    - Displays or sets the GUID partition table (GPT) identifier or
              master boot record (MBR) signature of a disk.

DISKPART>

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PostPosted: 22:21 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 22:22 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
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How do I unpartition a hard drive


By doing it the easy way.

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PostPosted: 22:42 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
CaNsA wrote:
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How do I unpartition a hard drive


By doing it the easy way.

Will only work with regular partitioned disks, disks used in vmware and a mac have caused me grief before. Also its the same on all windows versions, whereas finding (and opening) disk management can be a chore.
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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
wots wrote:
whereas finding (and opening) disk management can be a chore.


3 clicks.

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PostPosted: 23:00 - 28 Aug 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another thing,

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=4120955
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