Deleting locked version of Windows?

From: Andrew Allison (firstname.surname_at_vodafone.net)
Date: 09/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:55:17 -0700

Hi folks,

I have a backup OS on a seperate partition. However I
went to get into it and it won't boot. I therefore need
to delete it and install another one.

However, this version of windows was "locked" and is not
accessible from the main version of XP.

When I try to delete the partition, it tells me that an
OS has exclusive access to the partition and hence will
nto allow deletion.

Tried to fix with both partition magic and Norton but no
joy.

Please help?!

Many thanks



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