How to Merge Adjacent and Non-Adjacent Partitions in Windows Server

Learn how to merge partitions in Window Server 2012 and 2016. You will get ways to merge adjacent and non-adjacent partitions without data loss.

"How to merge partitions in Windows Server quickly and effectively? While merging two drives, do we lose data of both drives?"

While many files are flipped into your Server computer, you may find that one partition is filling up, but others are empty. Combining two partitions into a significant section is a hot trend, extending drive space and convenient partition management. Whatever your goals are, you may wonder how to merge partitions in Window Server without losing data. If you have the same questions, here are helpful solutions for combining two volumes into one. You can learn to merge adjacent or non-adjacent volumes via Disk Management and EaseUS Partition Master.

Secure Solutions to Merge Adjacent and Non-adjacent Partitions in Windows Server:

Merge Adjacent Disk Partition in Windows Server 2012/2016

Here are two options for merging partitions - Windows Server Disk Management and third-party software. Applying professional software is more uncomplicated than Windows built-in program; you can refer to Method 2 (Use merge feature directly.)

1 - Combine Disk Partitions with Disk Management
2 - Merge Two Partitions via EaseUS Partition Master

1 - Combine Disk Partitions with Disk Management

Restriction: Disk Management can only works to merge NTFS partition. Disk Management can only works to merge NTFS partition. 

Windows Server Disk Management can merge partitions instantly. But you can not find the "Merge Partitions" function directly. The only way to combine sections is to delete the adjacent volume first, then use unallocated space on by "Extend Volume" button. 

Use Built-in Tools to merge adjacent partitions without data:

Step 1. Right-click Windows Start icon and click Disk Management.

Step 2. Right-click the nearly empty partition and choose "Delete Volume ."Confirm Yes. (Read Notice first!)

Step 3. Then right-click the entire drive select "Extend Volume..." to merge partitions.

2 - Merge Two Partitions via EaseUS Partition Master

Available: Support merges NTFS or FAT32 partition. No data loss.

As mentioned above, you need to delete volume if running Disk Management while merging the partition. The "Delete" operation will cause data loss if your mouse goes too quickly to click Yes. A third-party disk manager, EaseUS Partition Master, can help you out to merge partitions in Windows Server. 

This software is compatible with Windows Server 2003-2019, Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7. It can easily merge two successive partitions without data loss. Moreover, this trusted software also creates, resizes, clones, creates, delete, and formats partitions. 

Require a few seconds to download EaseUS Partition Master:

Run Software to merge partitions on Windows Server:

Step 1: Select the target partition

Right-click on the partition which you want to add space to and keep, and select "Merge".

Step 2: Select a neighbor partition to merge

Select one partition next to the former selected partition to merge.

And click "OK" to continue.

Step 3: Execute operation to merge partitions

1. Click the "Execute Task" button at the top and then click "Apply".
2. The program will merge space and add files from the second partition to the first partition.

Merge Non-Adjacent Two Partitions in Windows Server 2012/2016

If you want to merge non-adjacent partitions, EaseUS Partition Master and Disk Management can combine non-adjacent volume. The steps to use the built-in tool is the same as Method 1 - Delete targeted volume first, then choose "Extend Volume" to merge unallocated space to source partition. 

But it is not always working when unallocated space is not existed between two partitions, like this: 

We are sure you don't want to delete the existing volume if it holds too much essential data. EaseUS Partition Master enables to merge of non-adjacent partitions without data loss as Disk Management did. Trust us! The "Allocate space" feature does not delete data; it allocates free space from one partition to another. Data still exists in the old partition. 

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Steps to extend freedom of non-adjacent partitions: 

Step 1. Right-click on the D: partition with enough free space and select "Allocate Space".

Step 2. Select the target partition - C: drive and drag the partition panel rightward to add the free space from D: drive to C: drive. Then click "OK" to confirm.

Step 3. Click the "Execute Task" button and click "Apply" to start the process of moving free space from D: drive to C: drive.

Besides merging partitions, EaseUS Partition Master also joins cross-disk partitions on Windows Server - read a detailed guide to merge disk 0 and disk 1.

Use Effective Way to Merge Partitions in Windows Server

In this post, we mentioned Disk Management and third-party software. Disk Management is a standard tool for managing volume, such as extending volume, formatting, deleting volume, changing the drive letter, etc. It needs to delete volumes first. Whether you want to merge adjacent or non-adjacent, EaseUS Partition Master will protect your data as usual.

Aside from the "Merge" function, you can free use this software's resize, extend, and shrink features to expand disk space or speed disk performance. The most important thing is that we support merging NTFS and FAT32 partitions.