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remove an unwanted FAT partition accidently installed onto NTFS drive
I have an unwanted 31MB FAT Healthy(EISA Configuration) partition
which is being recognized as Hard Disk "E" on the end of my 74.5 GB NTFS (healthy active) Hard Drive "C". How do I remove the unwanted FAT partition and all of its associated files from the end of my "C" drive without affecting the "C" drive, keeping all files and folders in the "C" drive intact. |
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remove an unwanted FAT partition accidently installed onto NTFS drive
That is likely a diagnostic partition installed by your PC manufacturer.
Leave it be. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Les" wrote in message: om... |I have an unwanted 31MB FAT Healthy(EISA Configuration) partition | which is being recognized as Hard Disk "E" on the end of my 74.5 GB | NTFS (healthy active) Hard Drive "C". | | How do I remove the unwanted FAT partition and all of its associated | files from the end of my "C" drive without affecting the "C" drive, | keeping all files and folders in the "C" drive intact. |
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remove an unwanted FAT partition accidently installed onto NTFS drive
The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows installation, is to purchase and use a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8. http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Les" wrote in message: om... | Dell said they did not install it. The partition contains files from | iomega. I had installed a jazz drive and iomega backup - could the | parition have been created then? How do I remove it? I no longer use | the jazz drive or backup. Disk management removed the files but not | the partirion. the "C" drive intact. |
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remove an unwanted FAT partition accidently installed onto NTFS drive
Disregard the last message - Dell now says it's their partition.
The question now, is why it the small partition recently started showing up in My Computer as a separate Drive with a drive letter? How can I keep it 'hidden' and not recognized as a separate fixed drive with a drive letter? I have had problems as a result of this - for example initially when I purchased my computer Windows XP System Restore had no problem setting restore points. But recently, since the 'appearance' of the mysterious "E" drive, restore points were not created because the computer looked at the "E" drive which did not have enough free space to create a restore point (I have fixed that problem by allowing System Restore only to use the "C" drive). I would feel comfortable with only a "C" drive, and let the Dell diagnostic partition remain hidden! "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote in message ... That is likely a diagnostic partition installed by your PC manufacturer. Leave it be. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User "Les" wrote in message: om... |I have an unwanted 31MB FAT Healthy(EISA Configuration) partition | which is being recognized as Hard Disk "E" on the end of my 74.5 GB | NTFS (healthy active) Hard Drive "C". | | How do I remove the unwanted FAT partition and all of its associated | files from the end of my "C" drive without affecting the "C" drive, | keeping all files and folders in the "C" drive intact. |
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