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| 659627 | 2008-04-17 02:35:00 | Got a COMPAQ I'm resurrecting, it had ME and I put XP-P into it and SP-2 . . . so far so good . It LANs and Networks out of the box . . . . but I added another HDD to it as the original was a little small and didn't like XP . So, now . . . it still has the recovery partition called: "SYSTEM_SAVE" and I want to just remove it . I'll leave XP on the small drive . . . it'll be big enuff for what it needs later . . . and even with the extra HDD as just an extra storage area, I want to get rid of that partition . Got a good utility that'll handle that? Please don't say anything about Linux utilities . . I don't get a lot of good results when I try things that start with "L" . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 659628 | 2008-04-17 02:38:00 | Gparted. :D :D :D In all seriousness, you just can't go wrong. Throw in an UBCD and see if there are any good tools on there. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 659629 | 2008-04-17 02:53:00 | if you've got XP running you should be able to use its built in Disk management program to delete partitions - right click my computer, choose manage, click on disk management - see if it does what you want. Otherwise try Gparted as suggested, or perhaps partiton magic. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 659630 | 2008-04-17 05:53:00 | Gonna try that now..thanks I'll let youse guys know what I get. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 659631 | 2008-04-17 06:23:00 | The MS app can't merge partitions like other apps can, only create a useless looking grey space. So yeah... Gparted ftw. | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 659632 | 2008-04-17 07:39:00 | I use FDISK and FORMAT on these Compaq clunkers. You get a clean install afterwards. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
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