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How to Delete 47MB Fat Dell Utility Partition?

post #1 of 6
12/2/05 at 7:28pm
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I've taken my drive out of my 9300 and made it external. I want to get rid of that 47MB partition that Dell put on there cuz it bugs me. I tried getting rid of it using Partition Magic but nothing can touch it for some reason.

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post #2 of 6
12/2/05 at 7:32pm
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Originally Posted by RaceModel.net
I've taken my drive out of my 9300 and made it external. I want to get rid of that 47MB partition that Dell put on there cuz it bugs me. I tried getting rid of it using Partition Magic but nothing can touch it for some reason.

Thanks!
Try AEFDISK it will nuke anything

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/Aefdi...-10398473.html

I would think you could delete it in Windows XP Disk Management.
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post #3 of 6
12/2/05 at 7:43pm
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I tried disk management and it won't give me the option of deleting it unless I'm doing something wrong.
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post #4 of 6
12/2/05 at 11:21pm
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Originally Posted by snooz
Try AEFDISK it will nuke anything

That did it. Thanks!
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post #5 of 6
12/2/05 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by RaceModel.net
I tried disk management and it won't give me the option of deleting it unless I'm doing something wrong.
http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=120002

.. Will removing that utility partition from the computer using AEFDISK while Windows is still installed and the drive is still being used prevent normal functioning? Disk Management gives me no control over the partition either.
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post #6 of 6
12/2/05 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by d00dman
.. Will removing that utility partition from the computer using AEFDISK while Windows is still installed and the drive is still being used prevent normal functioning? Disk Management gives me no control over the partition either.
When I did it, I ended up deleting all partitions so it wiped out everything I had on the drive.
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