Deleting dual boot XP partition

[Ken Moffat]

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.
>
>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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Have you solved this? When I want to delete a partition I boot knoppix
or a variant and use either gparted or qtparted. Seems to do the job. I
think you should be able to delete the xp partition, then move and
resize the linux partition(s).

Is that a rescue or restore disk? If restore it will return the machine
to original condition, but sometimes rescue just tries to fix what's
left. Could be a problem.


-- 
ken