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| Thread ID: 127446 | 2012-10-23 06:08:00 | getting rid of a partion on HDD | jupiter1 (2578) | Press F1 |
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| 1308310 | 2012-10-23 06:08:00 | I have a HDD with a hidden partion that I wish to delete. It is in EISA format but cntl pnl/admin tools/comp mngmnt/disk mngmnt won't let me do anything with it. How can I delete it and format it for general use please. TIA |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 1308311 | 2012-10-23 07:14:00 | If you can see it in "disk management", try right-clicking it and adding a drive letter (if it doesn't have one :)). | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1308312 | 2012-10-23 09:08:00 | If you can see it in "disk management", try right-clicking it and adding a drive letter (if it doesn't have one :)). Use Parted Magic. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1308313 | 2012-10-25 01:30:00 | Are you sure "EISA format" is correct? That's usually a (very old) system recovery partition / diagnostic tools. OEM usually don't want you to delete these partitions; that's why they're marked hidden. No third party software is needed however. The DOS command "Diskpart" can delete 'em. "Rescan" "list disk" "select disk #", where # is the disk that has the partition "list partition" "select partition #", where # is the partition you want to delete "delete partition override" Needless to say, this is dangerous. Proceed at your own risk |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1308314 | 2012-10-25 06:20:00 | Hi Kingdragonfly, Your fix worked down to and including the "list partition" command. From there on it just kept returning back to the "list partition" command. I did not have the option of selecting a partition number. Markbartnz, I can see the partition in "disk management" but right clicking only gives me a "help" option which leads nowhere. Thanks to both of you. Any other idears ??? |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 1308315 | 2012-10-25 06:46:00 | Markbartnz, I can see the partition in "disk management" but right clicking only gives me a "help" option which leads nowhere. Thanks to both of you. Any other idears ??? That doesn't sound like Parted Magic (partedmagic.com) you were using. Download the iso and copy that to a CD then boot from the CD. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1308316 | 2012-11-02 04:31:00 | Hi Guys, Done it ! Part magic, part manager and all other suggestions didn't work. But Booting from cd and re-stalling win xp allowed me to delete all partitions and re partition as one drive and install successfully. Cheers to all, Phil. |
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