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Multiple Windows XP installations
Due to various crashes, I stupidly reinstalled Windows XP in various partitions... Now I have little space left in my HD... I also have other files, etc., that I do not want to lose in the other Windows partitions. What can I do to recapture some disk space? Please write in English, as my computer lingo knowledge is not as good...
That will work .. but if you don't want to do a totally fresh install ...
A programme called Partition Magic will allow you to extend one partition to include the others. So you could transfer all your data to the first partition and then combine them - if there isn't enough room at first, copy everything from partition 2 to partition 1 and merge them, then continue with the others.
However, there is a lot to be said for starting afresh :)
Denny Denham
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Posted May 19th, 2004 01:00
If you have several choices of operating systems to choose from when you boot the system you could simply delete the Windows folder from partitions with extraneous installations and delete their entries from the boot.ini file. However, if you have installed any software under any of the multiple partitions it will not run if that copy of XP is removed.
You may find that the most efficient way of resolving your problem is to back up your perishable data to removable media such as CDs and do a complete fresh reinstall of XP including formatting all existing partitions.