Is it possible to merge disk partitions together?
As always, if you have data *anywhere* on the drive that you want to keep, ****backup**** first before you modify the partition structure of the drive. I can’t stress this point enough. Combining 5 partitions back into 1 is definitely possible; I can’t remember if there was a requirement that the partitions sit side by side on the disk before you recombine them (it’s been a long time since I’ve dealt with so many of them). I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the case. The general, simplest way of doing this is to 1) delete the partitions you want to reclaim, then 2) create one large partition with the space you’ve just reclaimed. Be warned: “deleting partitions” **will delete** all of the data stored within them. Now the tools you’ll use to do this will vary, depending on operating system/time when you’re doing this. All of them are free and usually built in/bundled with the OS. If you’re installing a new OS from scratch, you can probably opt to do these partition operations during th
