Delete Partition Question

[Haz]

On my primary (disk 0) HD, I have 3 partitions; a 45 meg FAT, a 37gig
(system) NTFS, and a 3 gig NTFS. All are "healthy." The 3 gig contains the
remnants of a dual boot setup which I no longer want/need. It shows as
"deleteable"

I understand if I delete this third partition, all data in this volume will
be lost. Which is precisely what I want.

My questions are will it be merged into the existing system partition when I
delete it, and/or can or must that be done subsequently? I assume it's just
wasted space otherwise.

Thanks in advance.

Haz

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows installation, is to purchase and use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8.
http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/

The alternative is to perform a "Clean Install" of Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| On my primary (disk 0) HD, I have 3 partitions; a 45 meg FAT, a 37gig
| (system) NTFS, and a 3 gig NTFS. All are "healthy." The 3 gig contains the
| remnants of a dual boot setup which I no longer want/need. It shows as
| "deleteable"
|
| I understand if I delete this third partition, all data in this volume will
| be lost. Which is precisely what I want.
|
| My questions are will it be merged into the existing system partition when I
| delete it, and/or can or must that be done subsequently? I assume it's just
| wasted space otherwise.
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| Haz

 

[mikeyhsd]

it would remain as wasted space.
microsoft does not provide any parition adjusting software.
you need to use a 3rd party program to merge or extend the partitions.

there are several available.
do a google search for disk partitioning.,




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On my primary (disk 0) HD, I have 3 partitions; a 45 meg FAT, a 37gig
(system) NTFS, and a 3 gig NTFS. All are "healthy." The 3 gig contains the
remnants of a dual boot setup which I no longer want/need. It shows as
"deleteable"

I understand if I delete this third partition, all data in this volume will
be lost. Which is precisely what I want.

My questions are will it be merged into the existing system partition when I
delete it, and/or can or must that be done subsequently? I assume it's just
wasted space otherwise.

Thanks in advance.

Haz