Deleting unallocated partition

[burnzy1487]

I have an 80gb hardrive with xp on, im trying to delete xp off it and have nothing at all on it.

 

Ive connected 2 harddrives in one pc, one i dont want to touch but the other local disk E: i want wiped.

 

Ive got disk managment up here but i havnt a clue how to delete the unallocated partition. (prob got the corrupt xp in it)

 

Hope you understand thanks andy

[Guest Wolfeymole]

If C: has the working Vista operating system then E: (XP) will not be regarded as the primary boot operating system, simply right click the drive and choose Format.

 

What exact information is supplied with regard to that partition?

[Dalo Harkin]

You just need to go into Computer right click on the drive that you want to format and click format.

This will erase ALL data on the drive - I take it thats what you want or is the drive split into 2 sections (partitions) as in one is C:/ and one is E:/

[burnzy1487]

Both harddrives have win xp home edition on. ive tryed the format but it only formats 5gb where as the unallocated partition is using the 70+gb ha :confused:

 

What i need is, the whole hardrive to been clean (set as primary) no OS installed

[Guest Wolfeymole]

You can't have a hdd set as primary without an operating system installed burnzy.

[burnzy1487]

How do i wipe it clean? :confused: I do think that it will not let me delete the allocated space because there is a os on it. i mite have to do it using os disk.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Just format the partition containing the os.

 

To merge the partitions back to one whole one without reinstalling an os would mean using a partitioning tool like the ones listed here.

 

http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/tech-tips-and-tricks/1554-free-partitioning-tools.html

[burnzy1487]

Ok buddy, ill check them out asap thanks.

[Dalo Harkin]

ok I am confused:-

you have 2 physical drives

one is labelled C:/ and the other E:/ when you try and Format E:/ it only formats 5GB but the drive is 80GB - right so far?

you want to leave C:/ alone and just format all of E:/?

 

hope this makes sense :)

 

If what I have wrote is right you need to deactivate the disk in admin tools/disk management and then do the format

[burnzy1487]

Yes, thats alot better then way i had typed it haha. i shall try that defo 2mo morning. thanks