2 partitions in 1 HDD, i only want 1

[warup89]

Well today i isntalled windows xp home on a new HDD but after install, i noticed that my HDD was only 130 gigs big (from 400g)and then i wen to disk management and i saw that half of my HDD was "system" and the other half was "unalocated drive" so then hoping at leats to fix it later i made it a new partition; now i want to have 1 huge partition not 2.

how can i do it ?

[zekrahminator]

Sadly, there's no free program to do what you want to do :(. What you have to do is delete this second partition and then resize the first one. This can only be done through disk utilities, like this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681279691SF). Any partitioning software will do, I just think that this one will do the job you want it to the best. Hope this helps :D.

[warup89]

i dont really care about delelting windows, but if i delete that partition and window's could i get my whole hdd back?

[PVTCaboose1337]

Sadly, there's no free program

WTF! GParted is free!

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Edit: No offense about being rude zerk.

[zekrahminator]

Yeah, but you have to be VERY CAREFUL in windows setup. You have to boot from the windows XP install disk, act like you're going to install windows, and then delete your old partition and create a new one. Make sure to create the new one so that it is NTFS, full speed, and has ALL your drive space.
Wait, PVTCaboose1337, does that format drives in FAT/FAT32/NTFS flavor?

[PVTCaboose1337]

Formats everything, used it on my older amd athlon xp1500+. (40gb hd)

[PVTCaboose1337]

FYI, http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php

[warup89]

alright, so i dont have to reinstall windows if i use this?

EDIT:

damn this is a advance program, if any of you knows how to use it pls chat with me at "warup89" AIM "warup89@hotmail.com" msn

[PVTCaboose1337]

No, all you have to do is make a cd, boot to it, delete the old partition (not used), and then resize the old windows one. Got it?

Also, go start / right click my computer / click manage, and then click disk management.

Take a screen shot and show us. That will give us some insight.

[warup89]

alright , i got it ,.........i dont need to make boot disk (i think) because i have a windows cd, but ok i know how to delete a partition, but i dont know how to resize it =\

HERE is a pic:

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9499/x2hdd4jl.png

[PVTCaboose1337]

Daemon tools, bit torrent, BF2 ISOs! You are a bad boy!

Ok wait, resizing is simple, you can use that prog, the easiest way, or use the windows disk, but that would be alot harder because you could corrupt it. Use gparted.

[warup89]

how i use GPARTED?

[warup89]

ii dled g[arter but there is nothing executable in the file, everytime i try to open it something comes out and says "open with"

[warup89]

alright i got it done , i just dled some partition manager and it got it all done, thanks anyways ppl.