I want to make a new windows xp installation on a bigger partition on my hard drive. My hard disk has a 4GB partition (C) already on which my existing os is installed. When i try to delete that partition while installing windows xp it says that it cant be deleted cause it contains some setup files which are needed for the installation process. By the way my hard disk is 80GB in which 40GB data is stored in partition D. Can anyone help?
2006-11-07 06:02:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
right click on my computer - manage, then click storage,disk management, then right click and select "delete partition" delete logical drive to remove partition.
2006-11-07 06:07:19 · answer #1 · answered by BMWFAN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try this... boot the computer using a windows XP setup CD.. then when you get to the screen to setup the HDD.. you need tell Setup to install a fresh copy of windows without repairing.. Then select C: then tell it to delete this partition.. Or if you got a floppy disk drive use an MS-DOS bootdisk to delete that partition by using Fdisk..
2006-11-07 06:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by James S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you want to get some disk partitioning software which could repartition your disk even as nonetheless conserving the former information. They artwork by moving the triumphing information so its all in a unmarried actual area of the disk, in its personal partition, products which could attempt this are: - PartitionMagic - Acronis i might want to especially propose that you decrease back up all of your major information formerly you commence the repartitioning operation. i have had those operations flow undesirable formerly and it will be catastrophic. Be very, very careful.
2016-11-28 21:30:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are installing win xp then the time when you are asked to choose the partition to install xp on, you can delete all partitions, make one unpartitioned space and then repartition. It will not work if you want to keep one partition and install on another.
2006-11-07 06:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to bootdisk.com and get a win98 boot disk, boot from that and run fdisk and delete the existing partitions and then create one new large partition then run the XP install
2006-11-07 06:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋