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Last edited by topgundcp; 23 Feb 2017 at 09:27.
Okay...thanks. Will look at it tomorrow. FYI, I figured out how to get that unformatted G partition back into D.
In Disk Management, I right clicked G and selected "Delete Volume." That rendered the partition as unallocated. I was then able to extend D with that space.
Thanks again for all of the help!
UserTen
With most clone software if you actually clone it will ask if you want to extend partition and do it all for you
Don't think so. It might have an option to extend at the end of the drive if the destination drive having larger capacity which you can easily do it from disk management after cloning but not a partition in the middle of the disk.
Always best to copy if the disks are different in capacity/make so that the cluster size is properly aligned and also to avoid disk id collision. In addition, Macrium also perform trimming while copying on the SSD.
Thanks for the continued input. All of this stuff is very new to me. I simply wanted a larger SDD and figured I'd do some reading and try to figure it out myself. I'm not a "computer guy," beyond simply daily home usage.
I initially cloned the drive using Samsung's migration software but it only cloned the C partition. It did not clone the D partition. After some more research, I downloaded Macrium and was successful in cloning the entire drive. But as as been discussed in this thread, cloning onto a larger drive leaves the additional space unallocated.
With the help of the info in this thread, I was pretty much where I wanted to be, having realloacted the unalloacted space into the D drive (leaving about 30GB unallocated, just for contingencies) and would have been happy had I not made the mistake of deleting that 4GB OEM partition.
Just so I fully understand, what exactly am I giving up if I stay where I am right now without the 4GB OEM partition vs. attempting to follow the above procedure and restoring the OEM partition?
UserTen
Ahhh, ok, I think Torchwood meant "original state" to mean rolling back your computer to the way it left the factory.
Again, I'm the furthest thing from an expert but I can't foresee a reason why I'd want to return it to the "original state?" I'm leaning toward leaving well enough alone. Unless I am enlightened as to a reason why this would be a bad decision.
Given that I'm basically following tutorials and have no deep understanding of the cloning software or computers in general, I think I'm more likely to screw things up if I go back and do the cloning/copying process a third time, whereas all is seemingly functioning fine as it is.
UserTen