Guest Andy Tunstall Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 i have 3 partions on my Pc, 2 are windows xp home edition and 1 is xp pro, i dont use the home edition so how do i delete them, would i have to reinstall xp pro, because when i installed xp pro i tried to delete the partions and it said i couldnt because it had files i needed to intall xp pro, please help thankyou ANDY
Guest Brian A. Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: I have 3 partions how do i delete them "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:15C410F5-DA5D-4409-B050-84BCE3AC1543@microsoft.com... >i have 3 partions on my Pc, 2 are windows xp home edition and 1 is xp pro, i > dont use the home edition so how do i delete them, would i have to reinstall > xp pro, because when i installed xp pro i tried to delete the partions and it > said i couldnt because it had files i needed to intall xp pro, please help > thankyou ANDY Do you still want to do this, or are you content with Ron's suggested response in your original thread 2 minutes before this post? -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest Andy Tunstall Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: I have 3 partions how do i delete them Thanks for your reply Brian, yes i would like to delete the 2 other partions, i think it would free up loads of space and the other guys response where he said to copy and paste dontt seem to work, your view would be most appreicated "Brian A." wrote: > "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:15C410F5-DA5D-4409-B050-84BCE3AC1543@microsoft.com... > >i have 3 partions on my Pc, 2 are windows xp home edition and 1 is xp pro, i > > dont use the home edition so how do i delete them, would i have to reinstall > > xp pro, because when i installed xp pro i tried to delete the partions and it > > said i couldnt because it had files i needed to intall xp pro, please help > > thankyou ANDY > > Do you still want to do this, or are you content with Ron's suggested response in > your original thread 2 minutes before this post? > > -- > > Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } > Conflicts start where information lacks. > http://basconotw.mvps.org/ > > Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > >
Guest Brian A. Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: I have 3 partions how do i delete them Are all of the drives/partitions formatted NTFS, FAT32 or a mixture? If a mixture which drives/partitions are what format? Right click MyComputer on the desktop > click Manage in the popup menu. Maximize the Management Console > click on Disk Management. What's shown in the File System and Status columns for each drive/partition. What shows at the bottom of the Window according to color code for each drive/partition. If they are all the same File System and you do not have an OS installed and running on the drive/partition: Right click the drive you want to format > click Format in the popup menu and you should be on your way. Make sure you have any invaluable information/data/files you can't afford to lose backed up before formatting or you can/will have it no more. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1171E1DB-6CB3-4A91-9AAE-EC6B93D082E9@microsoft.com... > Thanks for your reply Brian, yes i would like to delete the 2 other partions, > i think it would free up loads of space and the other guys response where he > said to copy and paste dontt seem to work, your view would be most appreicated > > "Brian A." wrote: > >> "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:15C410F5-DA5D-4409-B050-84BCE3AC1543@microsoft.com... >> >i have 3 partions on my Pc, 2 are windows xp home edition and 1 is xp pro, i >> > dont use the home edition so how do i delete them, would i have to reinstall >> > xp pro, because when i installed xp pro i tried to delete the partions and it >> > said i couldnt because it had files i needed to intall xp pro, please help >> > thankyou ANDY >> >> Do you still want to do this, or are you content with Ron's suggested response >> in >> your original thread 2 minutes before this post? >> >> -- >> >> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } >> Conflicts start where information lacks. >> http://basconotw.mvps.org/ >> >> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 >> >> >>
Guest dobey Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: I have 3 partions how do i delete them Deleting the partitions won't "free up loads of space". The space is still there for you to use. You need space on the other partitions to put the files from your system partition there. How much free space do you have on your drives, and how much do you want to use. If you want to put 2 GB of data into 1 GB of space, then it won't work. You don't say how your operating systems have been installed, so you need to be careful about how you delete the files. In all honesty if you can't grasp the basics of moving files from one disk to another and how much space you have/need then you probably shouldn't mess with deleting partitions. In you other post you say you have 2 HDD and 25 GB space on one, and no mention of partitions Find someone who knows what they are doing to give you a hand, or ask them to help you describe your problem accurately. "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1171E1DB-6CB3-4A91-9AAE-EC6B93D082E9@microsoft.com... > Thanks for your reply Brian, yes i would like to delete the 2 other > partions, > i think it would free up loads of space and the other guys response where > he > said to copy and paste dontt seem to work, your view would be most > appreicated > > "Brian A." wrote: > >> "Andy Tunstall" <AndyTunstall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:15C410F5-DA5D-4409-B050-84BCE3AC1543@microsoft.com... >> >i have 3 partions on my Pc, 2 are windows xp home edition and 1 is xp >> >pro, i >> > dont use the home edition so how do i delete them, would i have to >> > reinstall >> > xp pro, because when i installed xp pro i tried to delete the partions >> > and it >> > said i couldnt because it had files i needed to intall xp pro, please >> > help >> > thankyou ANDY >> >> Do you still want to do this, or are you content with Ron's suggested >> response in >> your original thread 2 minutes before this post? >> >> -- >> >> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } >> Conflicts start where information lacks. >> http://basconotw.mvps.org/ >> >> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 >> >> >>
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