I recently uninstalled Ubuntu from my external HDD and now I want to reallocate that space back to my Windows partition. When I go to Windows Disk Management, I can see my healthy primary partition, a small 512MB E: partition, and the unallocated storage. However, when I try to extend the primary partition by right-clicking and going through the wizard, it warns me that the operation will convert the disk to dynamic, and then I get an error saying the operation is not supported. I'm using an MSI GF63 Thin 10SC running Windows 11. The internal SSD has Windows installed, and the external HDD is mainly for games and some other files.
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Windows Disk Management won't let you extend a partition if there's another partition in the way. You could either delete that small E: partition if you don’t need it anymore, or try using third-party software that can manage disks more flexibly. Just make sure to back up any important data before changing anything!
I tried deleting E:, but all the options were greyed out. Any suggestions for a good free or open-source disk manager?