not really experienced with this type of problem so will be very gracious for any type of help... I recently deleted a partition from windows xp then recovered windows because of a GRUB boot error(17) Now that the partition that i deleted is gone there are 59 gigs of unallocated space on my hardrive. When i right click to try and merge it back to C drive all it says is create a new one... which i dont want to do. What i am trying to find out is: `Is there a way to fix this that im just not aware of `Are there programs that could fix this `Or did i jsut make a huge mistake and made 60g gigs go bye bye

In order to extend an existing partition into unallocated space you are going to need a third party tool. Windows has no facility to do that. Partition Magic is one tool. However for a once only job PM might be a bit expensive. Do a search of Google for partition managers and you should be able to find a shareware application that will do this simple job. Stuart

Good advice from Stuart. You may reevaluate your concept of having multiple partitions. This is IMO a GOOD thing. You don't supply any details about the size of your hard drive or the current partitioning. Click on the link below for some ideas on partitioning strategies. http://partition.radified.com/

One really important aspect of partitioning is creating a small operating System partition, and other partitions for holding programs, music, pictures, etc. Having a small OS lets you back it up and restore it very quickly.

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You can't merge unallocated space, it has to be formatted 1st. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

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