Merge old boot partition after migration to SSD

[gadgetdude]

Can some of you please confirm my thinking on the following:

I purchased a 120GB Samsung SSD to be the boot drive on a system a few years old. Installation went fine using the Samsung migration software and I just want to confirm before I take my last step. Single boot Win 7 64bit

1) Previous boot disk was a 1TB drive split in half as my C: and D drives. Because it was the boot drive it also had a 100MB hidden system partition on it.

2) I reduced my C: drive down to ~45GB before installing the SSD. The migration software cloned the C: drive to the SSD and also created a 400MB hidden system partition.

3) Once I changed the bios to boot from the SSD I ended up with C: pointing to the SSD, and then two new drives I: (100MB - the old hidden partition I think?) and J: (the 500GB original C: drive).

I wanted to merge the partitions on the original drive back to a single 1TB partition.

4) Merged D and J: - all good - D is now 1TB minus the 100MB I:.

5) Last step I want to confirm - that 100MB I: is no longer needed and I can merge it into D too right? Since I have the 400MB hidden partition on the SSD (labeled as System, Active, Primary Partition) that is now my boot partition right?

I just want to make sure before I merge that 100MB back in that there is no reason to keep it - (I know it's only 100MB but I just want to have it clean).

Thanks in advance!

 

[postmortemIA]

if it is on beginning of the disk, it won't be easy. essentially all 1tb of data might be moved up by 100MB to do this. sounds stupid? that is how some disk resize tools operate. Windows disk management will not even do this, without changing drive to dynamic. it is much easier to extend partition on the end of it.

 

[gadgetdude]

ok - skip that - I think I'll just hide the 100MB and move on 🙂

Thanks