Partition Trouble

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Madman340

Discussion Starter · Nov 24, 2009

Alright, I've got an XP partition from a long time ago that takes up over half my HDD. The problem is, all I use now is Vista, and am running low on space due to the old partition.

I'm trying to remove it using Disk Management, but I can't due to the fact that the XP partition is my C:, and is the System, Active, and Primary partition.

It gives me the message "Windows cannot delete the active system partition on this disk" whenever I try to delete it.

So, how can I remove the partition safely, while making my Vista partition the primary one?

(Also, before this gets brought up, I lost the CD)

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smoke12291

· #2 · Nov 24, 2009

try Gparted Live CD. it's a linux based partitioning tool that you boot off of.

you probably can't delete it within windows due to the fact that it has an active system on it.

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Madman340

Discussion Starter · #3 · Nov 24, 2009

Well the partition I'm using is the Vista one, not the XP (C: ) one. I'll see if I have any discs lying around and check that out though, thanks.

Edit: Probably a dumb question, but are DVD-RWs bootable?

Edit2: Bah screw it, I've still got nearly 30GBs to work with until I make the switch to W7, I should be able to hold out a little longer.

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Ikrin

· #4 · Nov 24, 2009

Couldn't you just reassign the letters and then delete?

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Arbiter419

· #5 · Nov 24, 2009

Definitely use gparted, it works wonders.

www.gparted.sourceforge.net

Also, you can get puppy linux and install it onto a USB flash drive so you have gparted and other utilities wherever you go!

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Madman340

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 24, 2009

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Originally Posted by Ikrin

Couldn't you just reassign the letters and then delete?

Nope, even if you could I doubt it would carry over the attributes of the C: that are making it impossible to delete from the Disk Manager.

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