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had my computer updated to xp pro i now seem to have two local drives my main
one has a small memory left but the other is not useing any or very little of
what it can if i delete the second local drive will all the memery go back to
my main drive . if so how do i do this please be gental as im no proffesor in
computing> thanks
 
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Ken Blake, MVP

had my computer updated to xp pro i now seem to have two local drives


You have two *partitions*, I assume. Each is a part of your single
physical drive, but appears to Windows as separate drives.

my main
one has a small memory


No, disk space, not "memory." Do not confuse "memory" with disk space.
they are two very different things.

left but the other is not useing any or very little of
what it can if i delete the second local drive will all the memery go back to
my main drive .


No. The result will be that you will have no way of accessing that
portion of the drive.

if so how do i do this please be gental as im no proffesor in
computing> thanks


Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista has ever had the
ability to change the partition structure of a drive without losing
all the data on it. To do so requires the use of a third-party
program. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are
shareware/freeware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next
Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you
should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used
it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but
it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here.

However if you use such a program, be sure you have a good backup of
anything you can't afford to lose. Although there's no reason to
expect a problem, things *can* go wrong.

Since you are apparently a beginner, I should caution you against
trying to do this yourself. You should either have a more a more
knowledgeable friend work with you to do it, or pay a competent
professional to do it for you.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

thanks ken will look into what you said about a professional doing it for me.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

By the way, when I say a professional, I do *not* mean someone from
one of the big box stores like CompUSA or Best Buy. I would look for a
small local person, one recommended by others in your area. If you
have a local PC users group, that can be a good place to get a
recommendation.
 

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