[RESOLVED] penfold

[fred scuttle]

Hi, my 1gb samsung integral pen drive has somehow split itself into two drives,Removable F: 978mb and Removable G: 1.45mb.I don't know how it happened,can anyone tell me how to merge them back into one drive
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1, Intel Core i5-2450M,CPU @2.50GHz
8.0gb RAM,Intel HD Graphic's-Samsung RF511. Thank's

[Train]

My, but kiss everything on it goodbye.

Use disc management and remove everything.

Remake the partion and format it.

[bistro]

Go to Start>run and type in : diskmgmt.msc and see it it shows that drive to be 2 partitions. If so, I believe from there you can merge them into one partition. Are you sure that 1.45 MB partition wasn't always there? It could contain some documentation.


EDIT: Looks like Train's "Mavis Beacon's Speed Typing" course is paying off.....

[fred scuttle]

G:1.45mb+ F: 978mb are listed in the volume list at top of page in diskmgmt,but in the disk list lower down the page it only list's F:978mb.on it's own no G:
i formated both but i don't know how to merge them,can you tell me in detail how to merge them as i've never used disk management before thank's

[fred scuttle]

When i right click on F: Disc, shrink volume,extend volume and delete volume are all grey'd out ,you can't use these command's.

[SuperSparks]

Just delete both partitions in Disk Management, then you should end up with "Unallocated space" where you can create a new volume.

[fred scuttle]

I dont see any option to delete in disk management,tried right clicking,but delete volume is all that's there and it's grey'd out,can't use it

[Train]

My computer, R-clcik the stick and select Fomat.

Now select device defaults.

[fred scuttle]

when you say r-click the stick,there are two stick's showing-F:978MB and
G:1.45mb.I tried formating both selecting device default's but still no change

[Midknyte]

You can try using Easeus to remove/create the partitions. The Home edition is free.

http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm

[fred scuttle]

Easeus has no command's to merge the two drives on the pen drive,merge command is only available on my laptop's HD partition's.
It has resize/remove but i'm not sure how to do it with this,i've tried but no change,

[SuperSparks]

You may be able to get rid of the partitions using Diskpart at the Command Prompt. It is a lot more powerful than the graphical version. It is also more dangerous, so be careful with it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

[fred scuttle]

That sound's out of my league,think i'll just live with it as is,I am Not DANGERMOUSE Thank's

[SuperSparks]

You're very welcome