Anyone who can tell me how can I delete a partition in a hard drive?

Question

Previously I use fdisk command in DOS to delete a partition. Now this command doesn't exist in WinXP. What can I do? Best of all, if I don't have to reformat the existing partition not to be deleted.
Help!!! Kind soul.

Answer 1

Using the Windows interface
1. (right click on my computer on your desktop)
Open Computer Management (Local).

2.
In the console tree, click Computer Management (Local), click Storage, and then click Disk Management.

3.
Right-click the partition, logical drive, or basic volume you want to delete, and then click Delete Partition.

If the menu item reads Delete Volume instead of Delete Partition, the volume is a dynamic volume. For instructions on how to delete a dynamic volume, see Related Topics.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Control Panel
Adminstrative Tools icon
Computer Management icon
Disk Management section
You can create, delete, format, etc. partitions from there

If you want to join to expand a partition without losing data, you will need a program such as Partition Magic. XP does not provide a way of doing that.

Answer 3

You will need to acquire some software. We have used something called Partition Magic.