Removing a disk partition?

[gaffer]

I was all set to reformat Disk 1 that is composed of two partitions that are
assigned to Drive C: (15.9 gig) and Drive D: (21.2 gig) into a single 40 gig
drive and then reinstall XPPro, then update it and then install all the
applications that seem to work best when they reside on the boot drive. In
preperation, I came upon Bootdisk.com and found a nice little utility that,
among many other things can remove disk partions.

If I can remove the logical Drive D: partition without reformating and
wiping the total drive, it would save me a lot of time and would accomplish
the goal gaining more room for Windows related applications, extentension
and add-ins.

Is this posable and, if yes, what are the pit falls?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I was all set to reformat Disk 1 that is composed of two partitions
that are assigned to Drive C: (15.9 gig) and Drive D: (21.2 gig)
into a single 40 gig drive and then reinstall XPPro, then update it
and then install all the applications that seem to work best when
they reside on the boot drive. In preperation, I came upon
Bootdisk.com and found a nice little utility that, among many other
things can remove disk partions.
If I can remove the logical Drive D: partition without reformating
and wiping the total drive, it would save me a lot of time and
would accomplish the goal gaining more room for Windows related
applications, extentension and add-ins.

Is this posable and, if yes, what are the pit falls?

Yes - using Partition Magic and other utilities - you can resize your
partitions.
The pit falls - well - if things go bad, you are back doing what you were
going to originally anyway.
Also - there is some argument for a clean install - to really only have what
you *need* on the computer and minimize the resource usage in one fell
swoop.