How to remove "unallocated" partitions?

lwcary · 05-11-2008, 06:44 AM

Greetings!

I need to remove some "unallocated" partitions from my WindosXP/Ubuntu Linux (dual -boot) hard-drive so I can RESIZE my other partitions to use their room.

Problem: When I attempted to delete the undesired partitions, they became "unallocated" and I can see no way to DELETE them. (I am using the GParted Partition Manager in Ubuntu, but I could not delete them from Windows, either.)

Question: How do I delete the unallocated partitions?

Thanks you in advance for your much-needed help.

Lloyd

lwcary@yahoo.com

Ixthusdan · 05-12-2008, 02:10 PM

AFAIK, "unallocated space" is the term used to describe a blank area. A partition can be unformatted, but it cannot be unallocated space, because by definition a partition is an allocation of space.

05-11-2008, 06:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
lwcary Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: OH Posts: 1 OS: Ubuntu Linux/Windows XP	How to remove "unallocated" partitions? Greetings! I need to remove some "unallocated" partitions from my WindosXP/Ubuntu Linux (dual -boot) hard-drive so I can RESIZE my other partitions to use their room. Problem: When I attempted to delete the undesired partitions, they became "unallocated" and I can see no way to DELETE them. (I am using the GParted Partition Manager in Ubuntu, but I could not delete them from Windows, either.) Question: How do I delete the unallocated partitions? Thanks you in advance for your much-needed help. Lloyd lwcary@yahoo.com

05-12-2008, 02:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ixthusdan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 29 OS: Xpsp2/Mandriva 2008.1	Re: How to remove "unallocated" partitions? AFAIK, "unallocated space" is the term used to describe a blank area. A partition can be unformatted, but it cannot be unallocated space, because by definition a partition is an allocation of space.