braveheart
i have an 80gb portable external hard drive which is parted into two{40gb each} and now i want to remove the partition.can anyone share their knowledge on how to do it???
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You have a couple of options that'll do the trick:
1. If you have 80 gb of free space on your internal hard drive, then you could move all of the data from your external hard drive partitions onto your internal drive.
Then you could use the fdisk command to remove the partitions from your external drive and create a single 80gb partition, and then copy the data back from your internal drive to the external drive.
Be sure to make a backup first though - it's easy to make a fatal mistake with the fdisk command and accidentally format the wrong hard drive (speaking from painful personal experience).
2. Purchase a partition management program like Partition Commander or Disk Director. Both are reputable programs that'll let you move or delete partitions without losing your data (see links below for reviews on both of these programs).
This last approach is a lot easier route to go, and money well spent.
You have a couple of options that'll do the trick:
1. If you have 80 gb of free space on your internal hard drive, then you could move all of the data from your external hard drive partitions onto your internal drive.
Then you could use the fdisk command to remove the partitions from your external drive and create a single 80gb partition, and then copy the data back from your internal drive to the external drive.
Be sure to make a backup first though - it's easy to make a fatal mistake with the fdisk command and accidentally format the wrong hard drive (speaking from painful personal experience).
2. Purchase a partition management program like Partition Commander or Disk Director. Both are reputable programs that'll let you move or delete partitions without losing your data (see links below for reviews on both of these programs).
This last approach is a lot easier route to go, and money well spent.
Which of these 3 portable hard drives is best?
Player
I need to get a new portable hard drive and I found these all similarly priced. They all have similar ratings and reviews so I need an opinion on which is best. I need one that can run fast and reliably and is very easy to use, like plug and play.
1. Toshiba
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B005J7YBOU/ref=sr_1_11?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1374788631&sr=1-11&keywords=portable+hard+drive+usb
2. Western Digital
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable-External-Storage-WDBKXH5000ABL-NESN/dp/B006Y5UPZU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
3. Seagate
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-STBX500100/dp/B00834SJSK/ref=cm_rdp_product
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Western Digital lasts long and it is one of the best in the world.
Toshiba makes good hard drives but they don't last long and you'll need to replace them soon.
Seagate is an okay hard drive but its a more down market version of the western digital.
I say go with the Western Digital.
Western Digital lasts long and it is one of the best in the world.
Toshiba makes good hard drives but they don't last long and you'll need to replace them soon.
Seagate is an okay hard drive but its a more down market version of the western digital.
I say go with the Western Digital.
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