I am a Windows Vista user and have a Seagate 40 GB hard drive with 3 partitions (C,D,E). C for Windows Vista and software, D for games, and E for storage. Now I want to merge D and E partitions without delete any files or reinstall the OS. Wondering the easiest way and 3rd party software to perform this task.

Thanks for your help.

It's been a while since I've used Vista now...
But I know there is a built in tool to manage partitions.
Right Click My Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management

Are you able to merge the two together from that?


Jam

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With Vista things are little complicated and and you never know what may go wrong while doing anything. But yes you can go to storage management and look for options for merging partitions into one.

but i think that their may be some solution to it.......

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Have you looked in the Help file on your computer? It's just like Jam said.

If you are logged in as an administrator, you can repartition your hard disk by using the Shrink feature in Disk Management. You can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space, from which you can create a new partition or volume. (Note that the terms partition and volume are often used interchangeably.)

Click to open Computer Management.* If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.

Right-click the volume you want to shrink, and then click Shrink Volume.

Follow the instructions.

Notes
There are some things that might prevent you from shrinking a volume. For more information, on the Help menu, click Help Topics, click the Search tab, type Shrink a Basic Volume, and then click List Topics.

If you have multiple partitions on your hard disk, you can delete and create partitions from the resulting unallocated space. When you delete a partition, all data on the partition is erased.

You can also repartition hard disks with another partitioning program. Several third-party software providers offer programs that allow you to repartition your hard disk without erasing data.

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You can go to Start-->right click computer-->Manage ... you can merge in this form

look towards partition magic to do that. look for newer versions. they cost, but will be worth it.

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