Installing Windows

[Pata]

I am with an older, retired couple who were given an old computer (pentium 200), with a ten GB hard drive partioned to the hilt! There is a C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: I want to reformat and leave them with only a C: drive, but I have forgotten how to do this. Do I start with fdisk and when it askes me what I want to do, what do I do?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by pata on 01/08/03 05:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Toejam31]

It's fairly simple. Delete all the logical drives, and then delete the extended partition. The key is ... delete the partitions in the reverse order that they were made.

Check out this link to help clarify what needs to be done:

<A HREF="http://fdisk.radified.com/" target="_new">FDISK Partitioning Guide</A>

Toey

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