removing particians

southerngrace2 · 07-28-2008, 01:12 PM

There is a factory installed partician on my hard drive. I would like to remove it. can anyone tell me how?

**tecknomage** · 07-28-2008, 02:35 PM

WAIT - BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. Is it more than 2048mb in size?

IF IT IS A SMALL 7mb partition at the head of your drive, DO NOT REMOVE IT

It is the required Boot Sector/Partition. Delete this and your drive will not boot.

Please state what make and model of PC you are addressing. I say this because some OEM PC manufacturers have a special partition that contain their recovery files. HP uses a hidden Recovery Partition for example, that is accessed via a key option displayed during POST.

Also, why are you trying to do this

You can inspect your HD partitions in Disk Management:

Right-click My Computer
Select Manage
Select Disk Management in right pane, your drive map appears in right pane

Note, removing the partition does NOT mean you can automatically use it. It will just become unassigned.

If you are trying to get this partition for use, you just format it for NTFS and it'll show up as another drive.

If you want to add the space to the adjacent logical drive, the best and safest way is to use utilities like Partition Magic.

10pmStalker · 07-28-2008, 07:38 PM

quick question about partician. I have Vista and XP on one hard drive. I originally had Vista then I added xp, I can get into my XP documents from Vista but I cant get into my Vista documents from XP. Anyone know what I could do to access that?

10pmStalker · 07-29-2008, 01:43 AM

anyone please?

07-28-2008, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
southerngrace2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows xp	removing particians There is a factory installed partician on my hard drive. I would like to remove it. can anyone tell me how?

07-28-2008, 02:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
tecknomage TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 928 OS: WinXP Pro SP3	Re: removing particians WAIT - BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. Is it more than 2048mb in size? IF IT IS A SMALL 7mb partition at the head of your drive, DO NOT REMOVE IT It is the required Boot Sector/Partition. Delete this and your drive will not boot. Please state what make and model of PC you are addressing. I say this because some OEM PC manufacturers have a special partition that contain their recovery files. HP uses a hidden Recovery Partition for example, that is accessed via a key option displayed during POST. Also, why are you trying to do this You can inspect your HD partitions in Disk Management: Right-click My Computer Select Manage Select Disk Management in right pane, your drive map appears in right pane Note, removing the partition does NOT mean you can automatically use it. It will just become unassigned. If you are trying to get this partition for use, you just format it for NTFS and it'll show up as another drive. If you want to add the space to the adjacent logical drive, the best and safest way is to use utilities like Partition Magic. __________________ Tecknomage Computer System Specialist IT Technician

07-28-2008, 07:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
10pmStalker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 302 OS: XP Pro 32 bit My System	Re: removing particians quick question about partician. I have Vista and XP on one hard drive. I originally had Vista then I added xp, I can get into my XP documents from Vista but I cant get into my Vista documents from XP. Anyone know what I could do to access that?

07-29-2008, 01:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
10pmStalker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edmonton Posts: 302 OS: XP Pro 32 bit My System	Re: removing particians anyone please?