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February 4th, 2007 15:00
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I am trying to reinstall xp using a new harddrive in a dimension 3000. I messed up during the reinstall and loaded the wrong partition. I had 3 partitions on the drive: C: 1.8g Unpartitioned space 112g and another unpartitioned space 8meg. I wanted to delete the C: partition and load the OS on the unpartitioned space and expected that to be C: I don't know if that is right or wrong. Anyways, I now have C: loaded with XP and a new F: loaded with XP and when I boot it is like a dual boot system and I have to choose which drive to load on. I want to delete C: and keep F: i guess. How can I get this done, I'm going to be bald soon from pulling my hair out on this.
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Message Edited by Tuna1 on 02-04-2007 11:43 AM
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mombodog
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February 4th, 2007 17:00
osprey4
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February 4th, 2007 17:00
Ok, my advice would be to start over. It should be easy now that you've got two practice rounds under your belt.
What you need to do from the beginning is to delete all existing partitions. If you follow this guide (written by our late, great forum member, Denny Denham), and most importantly follow his link to Raul Thurrott's guide, you'll see exactly how to do this.
Finally, unless you love reinstalling Windows, let me suggest you purchase imaging software, such as Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, which will allow you to make a backup of your new installation and save you many hours later.
Good luck!
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February 4th, 2007 18:00
osprey4
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February 4th, 2007 18:00
Either that or bald like me. :)