Turn 2 partitions into 1, have i screwed up?

Hi.
i tried doing a fresh install of Win 7 ultimate but when going through the install had to choose between 2 drives/ppartitions,
so I went to computermanager .. then storage then disk management and saw the 2 partitions, one 275gb the other 25gb, and as im doing a fresh install of win7 ultimate dont want 2 separate drives,

so after watching a youtube video i deleted the smaller 25gb parittion volume, then right clicked the bigger partition to expand but the option isnt available,
so now i ave a 25gb partition unallocated and dont know how to combine the two drives, so when i go to fresh install win7 i can just select the one big drive

any ideas how i can combine the 2 partitions when the option isnt there?

see this screenshot:


thanks

 

the option will be within windows installation there will be a drive options tab where you can delete expand create or if you want to do that before use this tool to expand the partition Best Free Partition Manager Freeware and free partition magic for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.

 

i ran the fresh install but there was no options to edit or remove the partitions,

so i just finished the install, and the 25gb partition has created a windows.old folder.
would it be safe to just delete this windows.old folder?
besides what i've tried, is there any other way i can combine the two partitions?
i tried using that freeware but it wont let me combine the partitions into one

it annoys me there is 25gb just floating around unused and wasted, there must be a way to combine it to the main partition


also, as i used to just use win7 home premium, i have noticed that on win7 ultimate everything is larger - font size, windows, icons, texts, its all alot bigger
is this normal?
its annoying because on google chrome i have 18 bookmarks on the bookmarks bar, but now only 10 are showing because everything is bigger (so takes up more room)

i want it the same smaller size as win7 home premium, is this possible? if so how do i make everything smaller, like it is on win 7 64 bit home premium

thank you

 

Windows disk management will only allow you to extend using free space after the partition you want to extend, not before so it is normal that it doesn't work. gparted will be able to do what you want.

For larger text and UI, change the DPI setting back to 100%, if you have a 1080p display, Windows 7 tends to set itself to 125% by default.

 

thanks but it is already on the smallest 100% DPI setting,
is there any other way to make resolution smaller?

see these screenshots:

 

Are you running at your native res?

 

I can't tell if W7 but on my W7x64Ult_Sp1 on the format and install cd windows screen it does give you the option but you have to tick the box to show more options at the format screen that will give you more a menu screen and show you the delete function to remove partitions. Did you do that? If you don't choose that other show more options button you will not get more options to use. Try and go back and look again to see that extra options.