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More info?)
I appreciate all of the answers. I will try tonight and publish the result
.. I should be able to follow instructions.
"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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> If you are trying to create two partitions out of four, then you must
first
> backup the data in the partitions that you are going to do away with. The
> safest plan would be to merge the three data partitions into one 30MB
> partition and leave the system (C
drive alone. You can do this in XP by
> right clicking on My Computer, selecting Manage, and expanding Storage (if
> necessary) and clicking on Disk Management. You will then see all of your
> drives and partitions in the right hand frame. Right clicking on the
color
> bars for each of the partitions will show your options. Delete the
unwanted
> partitions, create a new partition in the "unused" area, and then format
it.
> Explore the help topics before you start.
>
> "Mahendra Shah" <mshah51@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uZR1KYynEHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >I have partioned my 40 G hard drive in to four. I would like merge last
> > three into one. Is it possible to achieve this without loosing data?
> >
> > Please guide me through.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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