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    Deleting partitions, re-installing Windows

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by frugihoyi, Dec 29, 2006.

  1. frugihoyi

    frugihoyi Notebook Guru

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    First of all, a picture of my current Disk Management screen, for reference:
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    What I want to do is delete my Dell Restore partition, and maybe re-install Windows XP.

    I tried using Dell's Restore Partition Removal Utility (C:\Dell\Utilities\DSR\DSRIRRemv2.exe), but I got this error:
    Why did I get that? What should I do? Can I delete that partition with Partition Magic? And how can I get the space that was freed up into the Windows partition?

    Anyway, I'm thinking of also installing a fresh copy of Windows XP to get rid of all the junk programs it came with. If I install from the XP CD that the computer came with, will I get less junk or not? Will it mess with my other partitions or can I choose to overwrite my current copy of Windows in the same partition? Should I delete the Dell Restore partition before or after installing Windows?
     
    frugihoyi, Dec 29, 2006
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  2. khanhfat

    khanhfat Notebook Deity

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    I don't think you can merge the 47 mb to the Media directone , cause the C drive is on the way. Partition Magic can't do it. You can try to merge the 3.6GB with Media Direct.
     
    khanhfat, Dec 29, 2006
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    Okay, I deleted the Dell Restore partition and it now shows up as Unallocated, but I can't merge it with my Windows partition in Partition Magic. I don't know what the problem is, but here is a screenshot.
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    I also have no idea why the Media Direct partition has two sections or something (the third and fourth partitions from the top). I mean, I should only have four partitions, but for some reason Media Direct is showing up as two. According to the Partition Magic help, I have to move the unallocated space next to my Windows partition in order to combine them, but the only partition that I seem to be able to move is Dell Utility.
     
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    I want to merge C: (Windows) with my new Unallocated space from the Dell Restore I deleted.
     
    frugihoyi, Dec 29, 2006
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    joes, Dec 30, 2006
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