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ASUS Laptop - Want to reformat HDD from 3 partitions to 2 with out loosing Op System and Recovery Partition

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I presently have an ASUS laptop with the 500 GB primary HDD set up from the factory with 3 partitions. One has the operating system. The 2nd is for any use and the 3rd has the ASUS restoration data in case the computer has to be put back to factory.
Here is my dilemma. I don't have enough room on the partition with the operating system to put "My Music" , "My Pictures" and "My Videos" on it. I would like to use Acronis True Image Home 2011 to re-image the primary HDD with only 2 partitions. One large one for the operating system (Win 7 Professional) and the other partition to contain the ASUS recovery partition. I don't want to lose anything and don't want to have to reinstall the operating system. I have and external large USB HDD that could be utilized if necessary in the interim to store an image. Is there a way under manual setup to fillow the procedure for installing a new HDD or is a image creation the better way to go?
Can I do this with my Acronis software?
Thanks, Don

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Please post a picture of hard drive as shown in the Windows disk management graphical view. This will be a picture of the 3 partitions Yours may look like one of these examples but a picture of your specific arrangement will help to prevent us from providing wrong information.

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