Quick problem

Arthur_Jay · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:01

Hey guys,

Im sure this is a problem that could be solved quickly...I just cant figure it out. If thisis in the wrong place then my apologies.

Basically on my laptop I had three partions, with Windows installed in the C drive partion...Yesterday I installed windows Xp home instead of the media centre it was using....What I wanted was no partions and just one whole drive....So I ended up putting Windows xp home on the largest partion as it was empty...Deleted everything on the smaller partion...then ws left with the C drive, which I cant delete...

So basically...how I delete the C drive, and turn the drive into a single partion?

Thanks guys

steve258 · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:06

You should have done it in the beginning of the windows installation process where it asked you to select which partition to install the windows on. In the same menu you will find the options to create and delete partitions.

Arthur_Jay · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:09

Thats what I thought, but there ws nothing there I could find to do it with...Is there no way to do it now without a complete reinstall?

Tripnologist · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:12

If your C drive is empty, you can delete it and put the space into your main partition with a program like partition magic.

You're better off reformatting again and deleting all the partitions that way though as you cannot change the drive letter of the partition that has Windows on it. I know not having my windows partition being C would be annoying.

Arthur_Jay · 28 Jun 2007 at 17:19

The C drive isnt empty, its got the original Windows on it, so isnt letting me delete it...Im not fussed about having windows on C to be honest

Arthur_Jay · 28 Jun 2007 at 18:16

So will partion magic enable me to clear the two partions that the new install isnt on? Including the C drive which has the old windows install and combine them all into one drive???

If so, where do I get partion magic from?

Foehammer2003 · 28 Jun 2007 at 19:59

Google is your friend

Arthur_Jay · 30 Jun 2007 at 19:29

I dont really wanna pay £40 for partition magic for something Im only gonna use once....are there any other ideas on how to solve this? I still havent been able to delete the C drive no matter what I do to it??

Thank guys

ns400r · 30 Jun 2007 at 20:09

If you only did all this yeasterday, save your self the hassle and install Windows Home again. This time use the Windows setup to remove ALL partitions and create 1 partition that uses all the hard drive.

Arthur_Jay · 30 Jun 2007 at 20:24

That was my original plan, but wen I did it the option to delete all partions wasnt there....and when I tried to delete the C partition the first time around I couldnt as it had temp files for the install on or something...If I do it this time, will it work?

ns400r · 30 Jun 2007 at 23:18

Arthur_Jay said:
That was my original plan, but wen I did it the option to delete all partions wasnt there....and when I tried to delete the C partition the first time around I couldnt as it had temp files for the install on or something...If I do it this time, will it work?

Take a look at this page, Part 2 image 1.
http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdoldhdd/indexfullpage.htm

There is an option to delete partitions at that stage. If you have 3 partitions then you'll have to remove each in turn.

Hope that helps.