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| 524144 | 2007-02-12 03:43:00 | Hi all I have a hard drive split into two partitions - WinXp installed on one, Red Hat installed on the other. I want to repartition the hard drive so there is a single, Windows partition (i.e. get rid of Red Hat) Before anyone comments, I don't have anything against Red Hat, I just need this machine as a dedicated Windows machine. Question is: how do I go about this? Is this something that FDisk can do? And if so, how do I do it? Cheers Lizard P.S. I want to keep the existing Windows installation. |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 524145 | 2007-02-12 23:08:00 | Well you'd probably have to reinstall WinXP then if you want it back in one partition. Boot off the CD, then delete partitions, recreate a single one and install. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 524146 | 2007-02-13 03:07:00 | If you don't want to lose the current XP partition, don't use fdisk! What you are looking to do is delete the Linux partition then expand the XP one to take up the whole disk. You need a partition manager that can do this non-destructively. There are several around but most of them are commercial. I use BootIt NG but it has to be paid for. Paragon and Acronis have them. Ranish is free, I believe. Do a google for 'partition manager' and you will get the idea. But always backup before trying any of these! |
linw (53) | ||
| 524147 | 2007-02-13 09:36:00 | Use Windows fixmbr to replace the MBR with the WIndows boot loader (removes GRUB or LILO Linux boot loader). Then obtain a copy of Knoppix (Linux bootable CD-ROM) and use QTParted to resize the C: drive. This is a lot easier and quicker than reinstalling WIndows! |
johnd (85) | ||
| 524148 | 2007-02-13 21:00:00 | Use Windows fixmbr to replace the MBR with the WIndows boot loader (removes GRUB or LILO Linux boot loader). Then obtain a copy of Knoppix (Linux bootable CD-ROM) and use QTParted to resize the C: drive. This is a lot easier and quicker than reinstalling WIndows! That sounds like it might be the way to go. Do you have any specific instructions for QTParted, or is it self-explanatory? Cheers Lizard |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 524149 | 2007-02-13 21:03:00 | It is reasonably self-explanitary provided you know what the terminology means. If you get stuck, post back here. Note also that QtPartEd doesn't actually do anything to the drive until you click 'apply'. | Erayd (23) | ||
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