Re: Deleting unneeded partition (D), combine with C, without loss in O
- From: "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:05:39 -0500
Are you aware that if you make one large C: partition, then should you ever
need to re-install XP you would be wipping out all of your personal files?
Sometimes you can do a "repair" of XP, which preserves user files. But,
other times a clean install is required, and that destroys all existing
files on C:.
If you have never had to re-install XP, then you have been lucky. Read this
and other related newsgroups for many stories from people who have had to
re-install.
This is not a major concern, if you do frequent backups of your files off of
the PC.
Otherwise, you could be setting yourself up for a disaster.
"Cal M" <Cal M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:118E3A91-A8F7-4206-992B-164F3382DC83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
System is Dell I9300, Xp Pro, 2gb mem, all latest updates
My hard drive shows a C and a D partition, os on the C.
C: Basic NTFS 15gb approx, 5.4 free space left
D: Basic NTFS 42 gb approx, 32 gb free space. These are my data files.
I want to temp. store data files on an external drive, and then combine
the
D vol into the C for an unpartitioned disk. That would give me more free
space for the os files plus returned data files. Been reading MS help on
partitions etc, but it is not clear to me if I can accomplish this. I
don't
want to mess up my OS, obviously. Any help?
.
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