Removing Partitions

[Michael Fanning]

Currently I have a dual boot system (ME and XP) together with a software and
a data partition on my main hard drive. I have a second ard drive with
copies of these 4 partitions. ME, of course runs on the C drive, XP on the
L drive. I want to get rid of ME and eliminate the separate partitions for
software and data. Presumably, I will be left with one partition on each of
the two hard drives. Will I have to re-install all my software because the
drive letter for XP will change from "L" to "C"?

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

If you delete the ME partition, XP won't even boot, as the boot loader code
is on the C: drive. At best you'd have to do a repair installation of XP to
get it working again. If you don't, XP will still think its on L, since
that's where it was installed.

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"Michael Fanning" > wrote in message
...
> Currently I have a dual boot system (ME and XP) together with a software
and
> a data partition on my main hard drive. I have a second ard drive with
> copies of these 4 partitions. ME, of course runs on the C drive, XP on
the
> L drive. I want to get rid of ME and eliminate the separate partitions
for
> software and data. Presumably, I will be left with one partition on each
of
> the two hard drives. Will I have to re-install all my software because
the
> drive letter for XP will change from "L" to "C"?
>
>

[peter]

Like Doug said if you format C you will lose the ability to boot.
I was in a similar situation when I dual booted.I had ME on C,XP on D =
and all programs and Data on E and F.I found it easier to format D and C =
as I reinstalled XP into C which of course read all the programs on E =
and created the info in the registry while leaving all the data files =
alone.
peter
"Michael Fanning" > wrote in message =
...
| Currently I have a dual boot system (ME and XP) together with a =
software and
| a data partition on my main hard drive. I have a second ard drive =
with
| copies of these 4 partitions. ME, of course runs on the C drive, XP =
on the
| L drive. I want to get rid of ME and eliminate the separate =
partitions for
| software and data. Presumably, I will be left with one partition on =
each of
| the two hard drives. Will I have to re-install all my software =
because the
| drive letter for XP will change from "L" to "C"?
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