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Hi
Yesterday I was getting tight on space for my Windows 10 software etc, this is not the drive that Windows 10 is installed on.
It's a separate partition on the same drive that Windows 8 is installed on.
I decided to shrink my G:\ drive which is the Windows 8 partition, and move the space to the D:\ partition.
I expanded my D:\ drive to use the space removed from Drive G:\.
I recieved a message that I would no longer be able to boot from or install an operating system on the disk if I expanded the space.
I decided to do it anyway, I haven't booted into Windows 8 for weeks and I have system images for my Windows 8 install.
Here's how it looks...
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Here's my question...
What is the process to restore "Disk 1" so that I can make it back into Primary Partitions when I want to?
I'm going to back up all of the data on Drive D:\ to an external drive so I'm not worried about losing anything.
Do I need to format the drive, remove all the partitions and start over, or what?
I'm not concerned about Drive G:\ it will be where I install Windows 10 when it goes live.
And I can always restore Windows 8 from a backup if I need to, once the drive is made readable again.
I'd just like to be prepared if I need to go through the process and know what I have to do?
Mike
Yesterday I was getting tight on space for my Windows 10 software etc, this is not the drive that Windows 10 is installed on.
It's a separate partition on the same drive that Windows 8 is installed on.
I decided to shrink my G:\ drive which is the Windows 8 partition, and move the space to the D:\ partition.
I expanded my D:\ drive to use the space removed from Drive G:\.
I recieved a message that I would no longer be able to boot from or install an operating system on the disk if I expanded the space.
I decided to do it anyway, I haven't booted into Windows 8 for weeks and I have system images for my Windows 8 install.
Here's how it looks...
Link Removed
Here's my question...
What is the process to restore "Disk 1" so that I can make it back into Primary Partitions when I want to?
I'm going to back up all of the data on Drive D:\ to an external drive so I'm not worried about losing anything.
Do I need to format the drive, remove all the partitions and start over, or what?
I'm not concerned about Drive G:\ it will be where I install Windows 10 when it goes live.
And I can always restore Windows 8 from a backup if I need to, once the drive is made readable again.
I'd just like to be prepared if I need to go through the process and know what I have to do?
Mike