Re: deleting partitions

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 10/07/04


Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:33:15 +0100

sidney wrote:

>is it possible to delete a partition without losing data on the drive?

A partition is there to contain data; so if you delete it you delete the
data it contains. A drive must contain at least one partition to be
usable; you can only change sizes of partitions by deleting and making
new empty ones or by using third party software like Partition Magic or
BootIT NG

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)


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