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    Deleting DELL Restore Partition??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dumanator, Dec 4, 2006.

  1. dumanator

    dumanator Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've already formated and reinstalled XP on the windows partition of my hard drive, and i guess i've lost the partition remover application that's cited in SG's 'reformat your pc' guide. Is there anyway i can remove the partition now? I have a 100gb hd but only get 87gb of free space, so i guess that this partition is using up a lot of my space. Thanks for any help.
     
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    You can use the XP disc and go through the format process. Once you get to the partition stage, delete the restore partition. You'll either have to create a smaller partition from it or combine it with XP. If you combine it with the XP partition, you'll have to reformat. If you create a smaller partition, press f3 several times to get out of the Format process. Once you login to XP, you should see the smaller partition in My Computer
     
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    thanks for the quick reply SG. so if i want to combine it with my main partition i HAVE to reformat the entire partition? no way of keeping all my current data/settings and just adding the extra space? thanks again.
     
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    If you want to combine it with the XP, you have two options. Either completely reformat or use special software like Partition Magic, but it is a bit expensive.
     
    Amber, Dec 4, 2006
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