Deleting dual boot XP partition

[Mike Reinehr]

On Thursday 29 December 2005 02:20 pm, HarryG 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.

	I've never tried it, myself, but it looks as if Parted is what you're looking 
for: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html

> 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?

	I would suggest using 'dd' or 'partimage' (http://www.partimage.org/) to make 
a backup copy of your XP partition before reformatting or deleting it. Then, 
when it's time to turn in your laptop, just restore the original partition. 
(You might have to backup the boot sector, as well.)

> TIA
>
> Harry G

Cheers!

cmr

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