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January 1st, 2006 15:00
Unpartitioning Hard Disk
I just bought myself a new Inspiron 9300 and I did the partitioning my self.
Now, I wish to delete some of the partition because I made too much. However, when I deleted the partitions, they did not sum up into one Unpartition Disk instead they became separate Unpartition Disk each contains the same amount of space the partition had.
My question is how to make all the Unpartition Disks to sum up into one Unpartition Disk?
Oh btw, I found that there are 2 partitions that came from DELL with the size of 47 MB and 3 GB in FAT and FAT32 format respectively. What are they for? Can I delete them?
Thank you.
Now, I wish to delete some of the partition because I made too much. However, when I deleted the partitions, they did not sum up into one Unpartition Disk instead they became separate Unpartition Disk each contains the same amount of space the partition had.
My question is how to make all the Unpartition Disks to sum up into one Unpartition Disk?
Oh btw, I found that there are 2 partitions that came from DELL with the size of 47 MB and 3 GB in FAT and FAT32 format respectively. What are they for? Can I delete them?
Thank you.
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Ed C
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January 1st, 2006 15:00
As to the 2 Dell partitions. One is the diagnostic program partition and the other is a image of the system "As Shipped From Factory" so you could of restore the system back to the way it came from Dell. Since you have re-partitioned the hard drive that restore feature/option is NO longer available to you and you either received a CD with the diagnostic program on it or you can download it from the Dell support website so it is OK to delete those Dell partitions.
As to why the space didn't get combined into one bigger space when you deleted the partitions there could be several reasons.
One is each of those partitions you created were in there own Extended partition as logical drives and you need to delete the extended partitions. Or you need to WIPE/DELETE all the partitions and start fresh. Which is what I would suggest.
ejn63
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January 1st, 2006 15:00
If you delete the other partitions, you can then create a single partition in their place. If you've already reinstalled and want to do this without redoing everything, you will need a utility like Partition Magic or Disc Director.