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slmh1296
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_ 		27. September 2006 @ 09:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I put a new Seagate 400gb hard drive in and used there utility/tools boot disk. I told it to set it up for XP it told me It had to partition the drive to 137gb then once windows was loaded use the disk wizard to open partion to the full 400gb minus operating system. I got XP installed I tried all there disk tools to open the drive to its full size. One of them was grow a partition I tried that it told me basically It could not do this there was no partion to grow. I used one of the disk tools now I have a c: partition with xp at 137gb and a f: partition at like 244gb. I do not want this how do I get rid of the partitions and get it all back to just a drive with 400gb. I can reinstall xp if I have to no problem I just want it back to a full 400gb no partition.
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der6495
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_ 		27. September 2006 @ 09:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I know in Partition Magic 8 there is an option to Merge Partitions. I have never used that process, but it's worth a shot. I have a 300gb hard drive with Windows XP, and I don't remember if I had to do something like that. Did you format it as an NTFS partition? I think FAT32 limits the drive to the 137gb.
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slmh1296
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_ 		27. September 2006 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It did not happen when I installed XP I used this boot disk before I installed the OS.I read on seagate's site about using a DiscWizard starter that will right zero's to the drive destroying everything kind of like the old low level formating. Has anybody else needed to do this .
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slmh1296
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_ 		27. September 2006 @ 12:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oh i forgot it is a NTFS file system not a 32bit
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ddp
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_ 		27. September 2006 @ 15:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
tho for seagate, still the same for other manufacturers.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html
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