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Reformatting Hard Drive Plus Deleting Partitions
Hi Guys
Optiplex GX1 Pentium 111 700MHZ 256RAM 100mhz fsb 30gig Hard Drive GeForce5200 128mb AO7, Jumpers set to 266.
Originally I had 6.4 Gig Hard Drive Running 2000Pro
Have now a 30 Gig Drive and XP PRO
Questions?
How do I Delete the Partitions which I think the Hard Drive has (Secondhand)
Have already reformatted the Drive and Installed XP but the Computer shows c drive and also c(d). Does this mean I have a partition ?
On start up the Dell Screen shows up as normal then another screen comes up giving me a choice of XP twice?
I am totally confused !! C drive shows fat 32 and c(d) shows ntfs
What is the procedure for reformatting the hard Drive and then or Deleting the Partitions etc and then re-installing XP so I have just the C drive.
Will I still have all the Drivers needed, do I need to save them? When I re-formatted and Installed XP all I had to do at the end was Install the Driver for the GeForce Graphics Card.
Finally do I use Fat 32.
Hope you can help?
doodbrie
Jim Hill
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Posted May 3rd, 2004 06:00
Since nobody else answered, I'll give my two cents.
Your many problems are above my skill level, but I'd suggest using Partition Magic. Not only can you add, delete, and change partitions, you get an education when using it. I've used it a number of times to add and subtract partitions, and it clearly displays what I have.
Jim