Deleting W2K Partition Without Disturbing XP Pro Partition?

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Mike

The NTFS formatted HDD on my PC contains three partitions. The boot
partition was NTFS W2K Pro. Using Partition Magic v8 I added two more
Partitions D - 50MB FAT16 partition for BootMAgic and E NTFS partition for
XP PRO.
I no longer want to use the original W2K partition. Partition Magic is
installed on the original W2K partition. How can I delete the original W2K
partition and the 50MB fat16 partition without disturbing the XP Pro
partition?

Thanks

Mike
 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)

Mike said:
The NTFS formatted HDD on my PC contains three partitions. The boot
partition was NTFS W2K Pro. Using Partition Magic v8 I added two more
Partitions D - 50MB FAT16 partition for BootMAgic and E NTFS partition for
XP PRO.
I no longer want to use the original W2K partition. Partition Magic is
installed on the original W2K partition. How can I delete the original W2K
partition and the 50MB fat16 partition without disturbing the XP Pro
partition?

Thanks

Mike

What do you intend to do with the original Win2000 partition?
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Yes, we know this already, but what will you do with it
afterwards? Leave the space unpartitioned? Turn it into
a data partition? This is essential - that's why I ask!
 
M

Mike

I'll install Partition Magic on the XP partitiion then add the free space
to the data partition I created.
..

Mike
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

If you intend to use the first partition as a data partition then
you do not need to delete it at all. Leave it as it is and do this:
- Delete all files and folders on it, except:
- Preserve these three hidden files:
c:\ntldr
c:\ntdetect.com
c:\boot.ini
 
M

Mike

I need to delete the partition. Unless I get a better plan, at this point,
I'll delete the w2k partition & fat16 partition then boot
to xp. This allow me to create a ghost imade of the xp & data partitions.

Mike
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

This feels like playing cat and mouse, because of your reluctance
to provide a full explanation of what exactly you're trying to
achieve. Until you do I won't give you a recipe to preserve
your WinXP installation, because it will most likely be incomplete
or incorrect. Suffice it to say that you will probably cripple your
WinXP installation when you delete these two partitions.

If you wish to continue this discussion then I recommend that
you restart at the beginning:
1. List your existing partitions, what they are (FAT/NTFS,
primary, logical), and what each of them contains.
2. Provide the same details for the modified disk.
3. State clearly what boot manager you intend to use, and
what for. You don't need a boot manager if WinXP is
the only game in town!
4. If you must delete the Win2000 partition, explain why.
 
P

Paul Knudsen

The NTFS formatted HDD on my PC contains three partitions. The boot
partition was NTFS W2K Pro. Using Partition Magic v8 I added two more
Partitions D - 50MB FAT16 partition for BootMAgic and E NTFS partition for
XP PRO.
I no longer want to use the original W2K partition. Partition Magic is
installed on the original W2K partition. How can I delete the original W2K
partition and the 50MB fat16 partition without disturbing the XP Pro
partition?

Simply install PM on the other partition, then Delete the W2K one.
Fix Boot Magic when you reboot.
 
P

Paul Knudsen

This feels like playing cat and mouse, because of your reluctance
to provide a full explanation of what exactly you're trying to
achieve. Until you do I won't give you a recipe to preserve
your WinXP installation, because it will most likely be incomplete
or incorrect.

Stick with what you know. You obviously know nothing about Partition
Magic.
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Shooting from the hip?

Paul Knudsen said:
Stick with what you know. You obviously know nothing about Partition
Magic.

Shooting from the hip? It might explain why you're so far off the mark.
 
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Ron Sommer

XP needs c:\ntldr, c:\ntdetect.com,and c:\boot.ini on the first partition.
XP needs to remain on the third partition.
If you delete the w2k partition & fat16 partition, both conditions will not
be met and XP will not boot.
Unless you have another computer to access the newsgroup, you will be on
your own, because you will not be booting XP.
 
M

Mike

Paul Knudsen said:
Stick with what you know. You obviously know nothing about Partition
Magic.

I had the same problem when I upgraded from W98SE to W2K Pro. I had
installed W2K on a partition I created using PM and BootMagic. I believe I
just deleted the W98E partition and the BootMagic partition using Partition
Magic that was installed on the W98SE partition, but my memory is hazy as it
was many years ago. If I remember correctly, using BM.PM the PC only ever
sees the active partition until using PM or BM another partition is selected
then booted to.

Mike
 
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Paul Knudsen

I had the same problem when I upgraded from W98SE to W2K Pro. I had
installed W2K on a partition I created using PM and BootMagic. I believe I
just deleted the W98E partition and the BootMagic partition using Partition
Magic that was installed on the W98SE partition, but my memory is hazy as it
was many years ago. If I remember correctly, using BM.PM the PC only ever
sees the active partition until using PM or BM another partition is selected
then booted to.

Mike
Should direct to original poster, but it sounds right to me. I should
add that each OS should be on a Primary partition. You can have up to
four. If you have logical partitions, all the OS's you boot can see
them.
 

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