hi i have windows 7 32 bit  installed and want to merge some of my partitions . Can the partition manager do this or anybody know of free program to do it.© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:26:36 Z9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90#9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90#9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90mrplanehttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=mrplanehi i have windows 7 32 bit  installed and want to merge some of my partitions . Can the partition manager do this or anybody know of free program to do it.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:01 Z2009-07-03T06:52:01Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90#92396357-98a2-40c7-9460-972272c0c342http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/9fab9618-7400-429d-9455-9023b1f6ef90#92396357-98a2-40c7-9460-972272c0c342Alex Thttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Alex%20TThe Partition Manager within Windows will only do it if you delete the partitions first.  It will also only work if the partitions are next to each other to that once the partitions are deleted they will become unallocated space and all merge into 1 big partition.<br/> <br/> There are free and open source alternatives.  A Bing Search can provide you with some answers.<br/> <br/> Regards,<br/><hr class="sig">~Alex T.~<br/> ~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:18:15 Z2009-07-04T14:18:15Z