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MadMartigan · 07-27-2004, 04:42 PM

This may be stupid but i really don't want to screw up anything. I have a second drive on my machine that i moved from my old machine. It is a 60 gb and it was my back up. When i installed it originally i partitioned it so that i could separate my data. When i got my new machine i installed it and copied some of my data over to the main drive before i upgraded my OS to XP pro. When i upgraded i think the OS lost one of the partitions. So instead of a 60gig i only have a 25 gig. Now i know that the OS is using the drive as a place to store the restore backups(cuz i deleted it once and was lucky to get the rig up and running again)

I would like to remove the partition and use the whole drive again but i do not want to screw up the OS. I have a DVD burner and plan on backing up everything on the main drive cuz i am sure that at some point i am gonna format my main drive. I think that if i unplug the drive and reformat my main drive, then i should be able to manipulate the second drive.

Now how exactly do I unpartition that drive? I remember using partition magic to set it up but i no longer have that program and i am not sure if it had a way of removing the partition anyways. I will shut up now but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

manalone · 07-28-2004, 02:21 AM

Partition magic will do it. Get the new version.

mikec · 07-28-2004, 06:21 AM

you have 2 options that I know of.

Easiest: Use partitionmagic to resize the existing partition. PM is the only program I use for these types of operations. IMO it's worth it for you to purchase the new version.

More time consuming: Boot up with your XP cd, and you'll be able to delete the existing partition(s) and create a new one that is the size of your disk.

MadMartigan · 07-29-2004, 09:33 AM

will look for partition magic. thanks guys

07-27-2004, 04:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
MadMartigan Crazy Location: Florida	Partitioned Hard Drive This may be stupid but i really don't want to screw up anything. I have a second drive on my machine that i moved from my old machine. It is a 60 gb and it was my back up. When i installed it originally i partitioned it so that i could separate my data. When i got my new machine i installed it and copied some of my data over to the main drive before i upgraded my OS to XP pro. When i upgraded i think the OS lost one of the partitions. So instead of a 60gig i only have a 25 gig. Now i know that the OS is using the drive as a place to store the restore backups(cuz i deleted it once and was lucky to get the rig up and running again) I would like to remove the partition and use the whole drive again but i do not want to screw up the OS. I have a DVD burner and plan on backing up everything on the main drive cuz i am sure that at some point i am gonna format my main drive. I think that if i unplug the drive and reformat my main drive, then i should be able to manipulate the second drive. Now how exactly do I unpartition that drive? I remember using partition magic to set it up but i no longer have that program and i am not sure if it had a way of removing the partition anyways. I will shut up now but any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance __________________ Nice to be here, thanks for the invite

07-28-2004, 02:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
manalone Once upon a time...	Partition magic will do it. Get the new version. __________________ -- Man Alone ======= Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

07-28-2004, 06:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	you have 2 options that I know of. Easiest: Use partitionmagic to resize the existing partition. PM is the only program I use for these types of operations. IMO it's worth it for you to purchase the new version. More time consuming: Boot up with your XP cd, and you'll be able to delete the existing partition(s) and create a new one that is the size of your disk. __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

07-29-2004, 09:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
MadMartigan Crazy Location: Florida	will look for partition magic. thanks guys __________________ Nice to be here, thanks for the invite