help please!!!

[darkwingduck]

hey wassup. im getting ready to reinstall windows xp home, but i was wondering about my partitaioned D:fat32 disk. my old system was from compaq and itcame with compaq system recovery and stuff, alll of that is installed in that partition. would it be wisse to delete that or just leave it???

 

[TheMajor]

depends...do u want to use it?
I think u can delete it because u have an XP disc. I am not sure though, dunno exactly how the restore partition works

 

[darkwingduck]

hmmmm if i left it would ther e be compatiabiliy issues??

 

[TheMajor]

not sure...I don't think it will..its only a partition with some data

 

[darkwingduck]

hmmmm...im unsure also, i i wss to use it what would happen to my mobo, the old mobo was also from compaq but i decided to go with the new one i have. hmm, well if i was to delete it and use one single partition, would i still have a d drive or just a C drive where my complete data would be??

 

[TheMajor]

just a C drive and some unallocated space. The unallocated space will be as large as the partition u deleted. U have to format it to make/keep it accesible for windows

 

[darkwingduck]

u mean delete both drives and make the C drive my NTFS where my OS will go???

 

[TheMajor]

depends.

u have 2 partitions ritenow
1 NTFS and one FAT32 one one harddisk rite?

If u want one partition:
-delete both partitions and create a new partition during XP installation

or

-format the FAT32 partitition as NTFS and merge it with the C: NTFS partition

If u want 2 seperate partitions:
-format the FAT32 partition

You will loose all files on the partition when formatting.

You need third party software like Partition Magic to merge 2 partitions.

 

[TheMajor]

Of course u can also delete the files on the restore partition without formatting.

 

[darkwingduck]

how do i reformat the D: fat 32 partition??? and yes im using one hard disk