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Added SSD to Laptop. What's the Best Way to Reclaim Space on HDD
Happy New Year all!
So I just added an SSD to my ASUS laptop. I removed the HDD when installing a fresh Win10 on the SSD. I installed the SSD in the original slot the HDD was in as recommended on the ASUS forums. Once Win10 completed installation, I added the original HDD into the secondary hard drive slot. The HDD already had Win10 on it.
So now obviously the original Win10 partition on the HDD with the OS on it is showing as 'System Reserved ( D: )' and the usable partition with all my previous files are showing as 'Local Disk ( F: )' (with my dvd drive as E: )
I did not clone my HDD to the SSD as my SSD is much smaller and I really only wanted it for the OS and maybe a couple programs and games that I want there for faster booting and loading.
Basically I'd like to get rid of the original OS partition on the HDD and have the entire disk show as the D: drive. And although I did a back up of my files from the HDD before starting this process, I now already have access to them. Is there a simple way to accomplish this within Win10? I see I can format the partition by right clicking on D: but I'm not sure that'll accomplish what I want as formatting typically doesn't delete the partition and obviously I'd like not to create a bunch of registry errors.
How should I proceed?
Thanks in advance for any advice!