Use Partition Magic. Don't merge the partitions. Just delete the offending
partition and resize the partition (C) to utilize all the space left over
when you deleted the hidden partition.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"IDAssociatesLLC" wrote in message
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Running XP on a drive with a hidden partition and a C and D drive. I want
to delete the contents of the hidden partition and reclaim that space in
the
C drive. I am either upgrading to Vista or doing a fresh install and the
original XP back up is in the hiddenpartition . I have it on DVD as well
so it is now going to be redundant.

Thanks for your help. I have partition Magic 7 and there is a combine
feature there but I am unclear as to its appropriateness for this task.