How can i combine these 2 unallocated partitions?

Domthebomb3

New Member
Hello all,

I recently purchased a 2tb WD Blue Hard Drive and when i opened my file explorer, i saw that it was only around 1tb. I went to look at the partitions and i saw that the other tb was unallocated. I messed around with it, trying to get them together, and i somehow ended up with 2 unallocated spaces(both around 930 GB each.) They are also not adjacent. They are split by a 450 Mb Healthy(Recovery Partition). I have tried formatting and extending and i keep running into errors like "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation." I tried doing my own research and was told that because they are separated, i needed a 3rd party software. I tried 2 different software's and only my SSD shows up. My hard drive is there, but it dosent show any of the partitions because it says it is a Dynamic Disc. I don't know what that means, but one told me to restart my computer(which did nothing), and the other told me i needed to get the paid version. If anyone could help my i would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Dom
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Reformat the drive. Its not easy combining partitions that aren't next to each other. I'm curious why a recovery partition is between them? Did you try installing windows to this drive?
 

Domthebomb3

New Member
Reformat the drive. Its not easy combining partitions that aren't next to each other. I'm curious why a recovery partition is between them? Did you try installing windows to this drive?
How do I reformat? And I honestly have no clue about the recovery partition.
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
By using disk management. Right click on recovery partition and click on delete. Then format the partition as one single one.
 
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