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Guide to nuking those hidden partitions please

post #1 of 8
5/2/05 at 11:36pm
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Can someone provide an easy step-by-step guide to formating and nuking all hidden partitions please.
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post #2 of 8
5/2/05 at 11:42pm
Boot from the XP CD, and follow the instructions. Delete the partitions, then create new ones (or one), format, install the OS and your done
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post #3 of 8
5/3/05 at 11:38am
keep the small one, it's usefull
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post #4 of 8
5/3/05 at 12:42pm

Can I delete partition without formatting

Hi,
I have a 60Gb 4200 RPM drive and have loaded tons of stuff on there

Is there a way I can easily get rid of the 3gb partition that holds the OS restore files without formatting the disk again ?
Thanks
Richard
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post #5 of 8
5/3/05 at 12:44pm
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Originally Posted by richfei
Hi,
I have a 60Gb 4200 RPM drive and have loaded tons of stuff on there

Is there a way I can easily get rid of the 3gb partition that holds the OS restore files without formatting the disk again ?
Thanks
Richard

any harddrive partition programs should do that job.. e.g. partition magic..
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post #6 of 8
5/3/05 at 6:50pm
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Originally Posted by medude
keep the small one, it's usefull
whats in the small one?
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post #7 of 8
5/3/05 at 7:51pm
The small partition is the DELL diagnositics utilitiy that can be select after pressing F12 during startup.
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post #8 of 8
5/3/05 at 10:07pm
Just go to your C: drive and then Dell folder, there you'll see utilities folder, inside is a DSR Folder with a restore CD creator and a restore partition removal tool. I'd make a restored Cd first before I delete the Dell partion .It will only let you make one CD as it will erase itself after you create one. Good luck. TC
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