Deleting 3partitions to one?

[SasArchiver]

My friend has a 120gb HDD split into 3 partitions. What i need to know is, to delete the 3 and make back to one, can i do this with the Windows xp cd or would i need to use FDISK???
I need to make his HDD back to one big partition and install win xp pro.

anyhelp would be gr8...thx. SasArchiver

 

[banzibaby]

Yep U can do this by booting from the XP cd, just make sure Ur BIOS is set to boot from cd & then follow the prompts, when it gets to asking U what partition U want to install too, just delete all the partitions & then create one big one, & then formay with a full NTFS format (not the quick format as this can cause a few quirks) doing so will lose all data on the drive so backup first if U need to

Hope it helps

BaNzI

 

[SasArchiver]

hey banzi, thanx for the reply. yeah just as i thought, but i thought i should check first b4 i go and do it;-)

Thx for ur advice...SasArchiver

(Nice flags.gif u have, being from dundee myself

 

[banzibaby]

No probs m8, glad to help

Cool a fellow Scot, im from Falkirk myself

BaNzI

 

[scarecrow]

Indeed, the XP CD suffices, no need for any extras.

 

[SasArchiver]

Thanks for all your replys guys, appreciated.

 

[Johnny™]

why not use a partitioning program such as system commander or partition magic to remove the partitions and increase the size of the first one, if XP is already installed you can avoid formatting and reinstalling that way

 

[big_gie]

This option isnt free.
I prefer this one too though, but its not free...

 

[scarecrow]

Modern Live Linux CD's can resize partitions, including NTFS, but this feature shoulb be still considered as beta/experimental.

 

[SasArchiver]

hey johnny, ive heard about that yeah, but i want to get rid of everything on the drive. Thx anyways...