How do I unsplit the Hard drive?

I am new to mac and i got this mid 2010 model of macbook white. I noticed that my hard drive is split to two parts and as I download apps and all, they all go to the Macintosh HD while the other "untitled" HD always has this yellow exclamation point that says I cant save a file there.. I opened it and there are a lot of stuff in it that I do not recognize but I cant seem to delete them.
That "untitled" HD is taking up half of my 250GB memory which I will really need so can anyone here tell me how to make it just one part and scrap out the other one?
thanks!
Juls

Glad you got it solved.
But I really, really recommend erasing everything and reinstalling. With a pre-owned Mac there's no knowing what hacks, security holes, pirated software, keyloggers, credit card sniffers, or other junk that may have been left on it by any previous owners. Using a pre-owned Mac's software as-is, is a Very High Security Risk. I don't even hook a used Mac up to the internet until it's had a reformat and reinstall of all software.

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