Deleting dual boot XP partition

[Luke Skywalker]

After I submited my previous message I remembered about parted. I haven't
used it, but you could give it a look:

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html

L


On 12/29/05, Luke Skywalker <paranoid.luke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 1. Don't know if you could modify the partition to increase it's size with
> the amount of the windows partition (like in windows with Partition Magic),
> but if you really like to play with linux, you could try to make a RAID 0
> from the 2 partitions :)
> Tutorial: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-5.html
>
> 2. No, if you reinstall on the same computer with the rescue disk you
> don't need again a new license. Rescue disc contains an OEM version of
> Windows, it means you can reinstall it as many times you like BUT only on
> the same machine. You cannot uninstall it from this laptop and install it on
> another one, the license key belongs only to that computer
>
> L
>
>
>
>
> On 12/29/05, HarryG <hg57 at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > I want to delete the XP on my company laptop which is dual booting with
> > SimplyMepis.  I have a couple of questions:
> >
> > 1.  I guess there is no way to combine the 2 partitions without
> > reinstalling,
> > correct?  I know I could format it and have hda1 and hda2, but I would
> > prefer
> > it to be one partition.
> >
> > 2.  When I turn it in, I will have to reinstall XP. Of course, it came
> > in with
> > only a rescue disk.  Will this do it?  Or will I have to waste money on
> > a new
> > license?
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Harry G
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