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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 11:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a second hard drive that is partitioned. It's not my primary it's the slave. How do I remove the partition.
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MstrPppts
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you go to MSDOS prompt and then type in FDISK then go to change fixed disk and chose your second hard drive then click on delete dos partition and chose whatever you want to delete and restart your computer
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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 12:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I can't do it right from windows?
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MstrPppts
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 12:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oh and after you restart you have to format the second drive because it will say invalid media type reading drive
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MstrPppts
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 12:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ive never heard of doing it from windows unless you have a partitioning program doing it from dos is pretty easy
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ddp
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 13:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
phillyman, if using xp than goto disk management for that drive to delete, make new partition & format the hd.
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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 15:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it is XP.
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ScubaBud
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 16:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
phillyman

Just in case:

Start
Control Panel
Performance and maintenance
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
Disk Management
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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 17:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks for the help, i knew there was a way to do it without going to DOS
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ScubaBud
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 17:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Your welcome :)
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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 21:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Alright, I deleted the partition but it still shows only 147GB. It's a 160GB Maxtor. I'm doing a format now, so I'll see if that works. I did the format by right clicking on drive.
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phillyman
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_ 		16. January 2006 @ 21:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
On disk MGT it shows that it has 5.52GB Unallocated. Whats up with that? I can make it a new partition that size but I wanted all one in one.
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