Result of deleting partition

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I have a hard disk drive that I just realized is partitioned for a C: drive
and a D: drive. I foiund this out by doing properties on C: and D drives.
The C: drive has all the data and software, and is 15GB (11GB are used).

The D: drive appears to have no data and software. It is 55GB and says it
is 99% free.

I would like to have only one drive, the C: drive. I am told I can delete
the D drive. If I delete the D drive, will my C drive automatically now have
70GB of data?

How do I delete the D: Drive on XP Home Edition?

Is there anything else I should be aware of before I delete the D: position?

Thanks,

Steve
 
XP's native tools cannot resize partitions.

Use a tool like Bootit NG to delete the D: partition and resize the C: to
use the full disk.
www.bootitng.com

You don't have to install it, just create the boot disk and when it starts
up choose no to installing it.
It then runs in maintenance mode which will allow you to work with the
partitions.

If you need some help doing this http://www.bootitng.com/support.html offers
FAQ's and link to some tutorials.


Regards
Mark Dormer
 
Steve said:
I have a hard disk drive that I just realized is partitioned for a C:
drive and a D: drive. I foiund this out by doing properties on C:
and D drives. The C: drive has all the data and software, and is 15GB
(11GB are used).


Just answered. Please don't send the same message two minutes apart.

You may have thought it didn't get posted the first time, but it did.
Unfortunately you are using the terrible web interface to read this
newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is. Do
yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which
comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
 
Steve said:
I have a hard disk drive that I just realized is partitioned for a C:
drive
and a D: drive. I foiund this out by doing properties on C: and D drives.
The C: drive has all the data and software, and is 15GB (11GB are used).

The D: drive appears to have no data and software. It is 55GB and says it
is 99% free.

I would like to have only one drive, the C: drive. I am told I can delete
the D drive. If I delete the D drive, will my C drive automatically now
have 70GB of data?

No, you would have to resize the C partition to take up the newly freed
space using Partition Magic or GNU Parted.
How do I delete the D: Drive on XP Home Edition?

Is there anything else I should be aware of before I delete the D:
position?

Keep it. Install Windows and programs to C: and save files to D:. If you
ever have to reinstall Windows, you won't have to quite as much work to
make sure you don't lose any of your data. Ideally, the Windows installer
would ask you which partition you want to put Documents and Settings on,
but unfortunately, neither XP nor Vista do this.
 
Just answered. Please don't send the same message two minutes apart.

I understand this might have something to do with using the Back button on
the web interface, though since I don't use it, I don't know for sure.
You may have thought it didn't get posted the first time, but it did.
Unfortunately you are using the terrible web interface to read this
newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is.
Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express,
which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Another, better, newsreader for Windows would be XNews
(http://xnews.newsguy.com/). OE lacks decent news filtering and sane
posting defaults and is generally a poor choice for high-traffic newsgroups
or heavy mail usage.
 
P. Johnson said:
Another, better, newsreader for Windows would be XNews
(http://xnews.newsguy.com/). OE lacks decent news filtering and sane
posting defaults and is generally a poor choice for high-traffic
newsgroups or heavy mail usage.


You may think XNews is a better choice, but not everyone shares your view. I
don't, for example.

Which news reader you use is a matter of personal preference, and what's
best for one person depends on how you work, what you do, and what you like.
As a single example, if you participate in binary newsgroups, Outlook
Express is a very poor choice. If you don't use binary newsgroups, OE's
deficincies in this area don't matter at all.

But it doesn't matter. I am not arguing for one newsreader over another and
my personal preferences shouldn't influence the OP any more than yours
should. My point here is that OE is a very good way for someone who hasn't
used a newsreader to get started, simply because he already has it , and is
probably even familiar with it if he uses it for E-mail, as many people do.
Once he gets started with a newsreader, and understands the differences
between using one and using the web interface, it's appropriate to explore
alternative newsreaders. If he later decides that another choice suits him
better, that's the time to make a change.
 

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