Removing GPT Partition?

[keogh]

Howdy,

Ok I assume this is the best forum to put this in, it was out of this and the Mac forum, but its more HDD related, so I went for this

My new Mac Pro come with a Western Digital WD3200AAJS 320GB HDD, and on it was the usual Journeled OS X partition, but also a 200mb GPT Protective Partition.

I'm not using the Mac Pro as a Windows machine (please don't ask why, I'm not here to get into that one ) and I am using a 250GB Seagate as the primary HDD that stores Windows. I want to use the second 320GB WD drive as a storage device for all my files, but I cannot delete this GPT partition?

None of my old Windows drives had a GPT partiton, so I assume it is not needed (and its not got any OS on it anyway) but Windows won't allow me to delete this? I tried in Disk Management in control panel, the delete options are disabled. And if I format the drive from the Vista setup, it just keeps it there?

How would I delete this? Do I need to do it via OS X? Or is there another way?

Any help will be appreciated!

ta

 

[keogh]

Done this now using Disk Clean, but when I right click to create a partition (like I normally do) it just says "New Simple Volume". This isn;t right is it? It should say, create partition or similar?

Right clicking the grey area says "Convert to Dynamic Disk" so this leads me to believe is a "Basic Disk"? Is create simple volume correct? Or is this HDD doing something crazy?

 

[Elric]

That's fine.

 

[philjayj]

Keogh

I have the same problem as you, can you give me a link to Disk Clean please?

Thanks

Phil

 

[keogh]

http://www.caldigit.com/RemoveGPT.asp

there ya go, thats what I used. BUT bear in mind this will wipe the entire disk, it wont just get rid of that partition, so you will lose ALL data on ALL partitons on that drive!