Can partitions on an external USB drive be merged

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Can partitions on an external USB drive be merged

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Hello,

I have a TS932-PX with an external USB drive attached to it that sometime long ago I for some reason that I don't remember, I partitioned strangely. I would like to merge the partitions on the drive without having to unplug it from the NAS and plug it into my laptop to merge the partitions in Windows 10 Pro Disk Management. Is there a way to do the partition merge using the QNAP software? If yes, how do I do that please.

Thank you in advance for all assistance; it is appreciated. I look forward to the replies.


Sincerely,

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Sorry, the QTS UI doesn’t support partition management.

You could do it at the CLI, if you’re familiar with the GNU utils, and know your way around BASH. ;)

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Thank you but I am using Windows 10 not Linux.
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So, use Windows 10 to manage the partitions.

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I had no-idea that's what the rhyme was about. So, TIL.

Cheers @dm. :D

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Very common nursery rhyme in Germany.... always comes to mind in these kind of conversations
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