I did do a clean install of XP, but I don't remember seeing the option for deleting that particular partition. I will try again in a few weeks when I get some time to format my comp again.

Using the Device Manager, when I view the hard drive's Properties, I can see the unlabeled 3GB volume displayed along with my primary partition.

Is there any command line tools I can use instead? I would ideally just want to mark that space as NTFS so that I can, at the least, use it concurrently with my current XP installation as a viewable, 2nd partition.

Thanks!
Kirupa

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@Kirupa wrote:
I did do a clean install of XP, but I don't remember seeing the option for deleting that particular partition. I will try again in a few weeks when I get some time to format my comp again.

Using the Device Manager, when I view the hard drive's Properties, I can see the unlabeled 3GB volume displayed along with my primary partition.

Is there any command line tools I can use instead? I would ideally just want to mark that space as NTFS so that I can, at the least, use it concurrently with my current XP installation as a viewable, 2nd partition.

Thanks!
Kirupa

Use Disk Management to delete the partition, recreate it, and format it.  If you don't want to combine it with the existing partition, there is no reason to reinstall XP.

The Dell Tools partition isn't formatted NTFS it is formatted FAT or below and depending on your HD size unless you really need the space I would keep it for all the troubleshooting tools available on it.

ganash

In case you are sure you want to delete this partition, there is a Dell program already installed that apparently deletes it: C:\dell\Utilities\DSR\DSRIRRemv2.exe. 

Dimension 9150.

Thanks for all of the helpful responses. I was able to delete it and format the volume as NTFS. There isn't a way to merge this partition into my C: without having to purchase Partition Magic (or a similar program), correct?

Thanks!
Kirupa =)

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@Kirupa wrote:
Thanks for all of the helpful responses. I was able to delete it and format the volume as NTFS. There isn't a way to merge this partition into my C: without having to purchase Partition Magic (or a similar program), correct?

Thanks!
Kirupa =)

Shesagordie already answered that correctly.