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Xaccers · 11-02-2004, 18:31

If you want to keep the data, partition magic is the way
If it doesn't matter that you will lose everything, reinstall XP and when you select where to install it, delete the two current partitions and create a single 80GB one.

Partitioning made sense when using FAT16/32, but with XP using NTFS it is only useful if you have only one hard drive and want to keep important data off of C: should you ever need to format and reinstall the OS

Unfortunately tradition is a hard thing to get rid of. Most windows 2000/2003 servers these days are still built with a 4GB C: (a legacy of previous versions of NT which could only use VFAT during the text part of the install program, and VFAT can only see 4GB)

11-02-2004, 18:31	#2
Xaccers Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milling around Milton Keynes Age: 49 Posts: 12,969	Re: Unpartitioning Drive If you want to keep the data, partition magic is the way If it doesn't matter that you will lose everything, reinstall XP and when you select where to install it, delete the two current partitions and create a single 80GB one. Partitioning made sense when using FAT16/32, but with XP using NTFS it is only useful if you have only one hard drive and want to keep important data off of C: should you ever need to format and reinstall the OS Unfortunately tradition is a hard thing to get rid of. Most windows 2000/2003 servers these days are still built with a 4GB C: (a legacy of previous versions of NT which could only use VFAT during the text part of the install program, and VFAT can only see 4GB)