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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject: How can I delete a backup OEM partition? |
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The one that came with my pc? I have xp pro installed since it wont even let me use the recovery built in. On the boot you are supposed to press alt + f11 or 10, w/e to boot the factory settings, but it hasnt worked since I stopped using the installed factory xp install.
How can I delete that backup? Its about 10GB I could use for something else. It shows as an OEM partition in disk manager and I cannot touch it.
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kls85 I post too much
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Delete by using diskpart.
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Karakawe I post too much
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to be able to use the partition again, you could add an entry for it with Super GRUB Disk on a CD or USB drive. It would be pretty easy...
However, if you just want to get rid of it for extra space, there's gparted, countless live GNU/Linux distros you could use. I don't ever really recommend doing that sort of thing from a partition you'll be editing.
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, I just wanna delete it into raw space and add it to my main partition.
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Karakawe I post too much
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Then any of the aforementioned programs will do the trick. Good luck.
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yea. I figure, if I can't use it, I should just remove it. Besides, xp pro is way better then a netbook version of windows xp home. Its actually a vanilla xp home, but it seems like they cut out a few minor things. For instance, theme support.
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Karakawe I post too much
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, it's a netbook. Yeah, I think I kept the extra partition on my netbook though I don't use Windows at all anymore. In fact, I'm starting to get tired of super-fancy UIs as well. Back to a command line and Lynx for me.
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