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From: Ken Blake, MVP on 30 May 2008 16:51 On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:35:00 -0400, J Lunis <jay.lunis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have a USB HD I partitioned in XP. Now, in Vista hOME Premium, I want > to unpartition (if that's a word) the HD. Can't find how to do it. Exactly what do you want to accomplish? Am I correct in assuming that you have two or more partitions, and you want to end up with just a single partition, using all the available space? If all you did was literally unpartition the drive, it would then be unusable until you re-established one or more partitions on it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: J Lunis on 30 May 2008 17:36 Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:35:00 -0400, J Lunis <jay.lunis(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have a USB HD I partitioned in XP. Now, in Vista hOME Premium, I want >> to unpartition (if that's a word) the HD. Can't find how to do it. > > > Exactly what do you want to accomplish? Am I correct in assuming that > you have two or more partitions, and you want to end up with just a > single partition, using all the available space? > > If all you did was literally unpartition the drive, it would then be > unusable until you re-established one or more partitions on it. > currently the HD is divided into 3 partitions of roughly equal size. No data of any consequence on any of the three. I can delete/reformat to my heart's content. I want to end up with 'undecided' - one or two partitions. Does it matter?
From: Bill in Co. on 30 May 2008 18:37 J Lunis wrote: > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: >> On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:35:00 -0400, J Lunis <jay.lunis(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I have a USB HD I partitioned in XP. Now, in Vista hOME Premium, I want >>> to unpartition (if that's a word) the HD. Can't find how to do it. >> >> >> Exactly what do you want to accomplish? Am I correct in assuming that >> you have two or more partitions, and you want to end up with just a >> single partition, using all the available space? >> >> If all you did was literally unpartition the drive, it would then be >> unusable until you re-established one or more partitions on it. >> > > currently the HD is divided into 3 partitions of roughly equal size. > No data of any consequence on any of the three. I can delete/reformat > to my heart's content. > I want to end up with 'undecided' - one or two partitions. Does it matter? There is no "undecided". Either you end up with one or two, and it's not ambiguous.
From: J Lunis on 30 May 2008 21:19 Bill in Co. wrote: > J Lunis wrote: >> Ken Blake, MVP wrote: >>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:35:00 -0400, J Lunis <jay.lunis(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a USB HD I partitioned in XP. Now, in Vista hOME Premium, I want >>>> to unpartition (if that's a word) the HD. Can't find how to do it. >>> >>> Exactly what do you want to accomplish? Am I correct in assuming that >>> you have two or more partitions, and you want to end up with just a >>> single partition, using all the available space? >>> >>> If all you did was literally unpartition the drive, it would then be >>> unusable until you re-established one or more partitions on it. >>> >> currently the HD is divided into 3 partitions of roughly equal size. >> No data of any consequence on any of the three. I can delete/reformat >> to my heart's content. >> I want to end up with 'undecided' - one or two partitions. Does it matter? > > There is no "undecided". Either you end up with one or two, and it's not > ambiguous. > > Ummm, as we speak, the decision is still not made - thus, undecided. Most likely, I will end up combining the 3 into 1 partition. Most likely, but not cast in stone.
From: Allan on 31 May 2008 02:48
"J Lunis" <jay.lunis(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:jVW%j.143$uB3.73(a)newsfe07.lga... >I have a USB HD I partitioned in XP. Now, in Vista hOME Premium, I want to >unpartition (if that's a word) the HD. Can't find how to do it. Help >please. I take it you want to "repartition" your USB HD. This question may be better directed at a NG dedicated to Vista, not XP. |