My harddrive has 2 partitions c: and d:. If I delete c: using the xp install cd, will the 2 partitions merge?

Question

I have many files in d:. I don't want the 2 partitions to merge.

Answer 1

no, they will not merge.

If you delete C: all the stuff stored on C: will be gone. Gone I say!

and that STILL won't MERGE them, to recover both partition's space into a single partition you will need either a partition re-sizing utility, or you can delete BOTH partitions and create a NEW partition C:

If what you want to to resize and move space between the two partitions, get a copy of gparted

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Answer 2

If you want to merge the partitions you might need something like Partition Magic.

Answer 3

You can't delete the primery partition(C:) when extended partition exists but you can alter the size of partitions with third party softwares and c: can be formated without disturbing the other partitions(d:). to merge all partitions use Fdisk and delete logical drives first and delete extended dos partition and primery partition(c:) all drives and all data will be lost.Many partition softwares are avilable to resize and format the partitions without losing data.
wish you all the best.

Answer 4

Do not delete C: just format it and install. C: is the Boot Volume , you can reformat it and it is 'cleaned' then fresh install and all ok. If you actually delete C: you may lose the Boot Sector, not good. But you can always reformat it with a good boot sector OS or boot.ini.

Answer 5

if u only delete ur c: partican ur D: wont be deleted