Re: OS Partition WinXP

Robert Moir wrote:
Handyman wrote:
Anybody have any familiarity with deleting a disk partition created
in WinXP??

You can't delete a partition from an OS running on that partition. Other than that, I can't imagine what problems anyone could be having as its dead simple to do. Run Windows XP setup and it will let you manipulate partitions. Any Linux installer will let you manipulate the partitions.


Just use Computer Management - Disk management(or something) in Control panel - Administrative tools.
Or
Partition Magic 8.0

Note: You can't delete the MASTER partition the OS is currently installed on. Use a Linux setup disk to do that or Windows XP installation disk.
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