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Can't delete partitions

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Name: Jonathan Joyner
Date: June 5, 2002 at 16:12:12 Pacific
Subject: Can't delete partitions
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I have a SCSI drive and I am trying to repartition the drive but it is saying that it can't delete becuase it has a logical partition and when i try to delete the logical partition it says that there is none. it has win98 and it has had NT on it in the past. I have seen this problem before but i can't remember how to get out of this problem.


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Response Number 1
Name: Bob
Date: June 5, 2002 at 16:23:53 Pacific
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Have you tried Ranish Partition Manager? It's a Freeware program for creating and deleting partitions.


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Response Number 2
Name: tinkerbong
Date: June 5, 2002 at 17:30:48 Pacific
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DO a google search for Delpart.exe, download it, put it on a bootable floppy and run it. This little program is for removing NTFS partitions. Then Fdisk and Format the drive.


How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk (Q255867)


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Response Number 3
Name: Tom
Date: June 6, 2002 at 09:22:59 Pacific
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Try deleting the non-dos partition.


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Response Number 4
Name: Pat
Date: June 6, 2002 at 22:52:16 Pacific
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You can use your WinNT 4.0 cd to start the setup process. Then delete the partitions and create the new partitions that you want and continue to the format portion of the NT install. When it asks you what file system to use select FAT. This will format the drive in FAT16. After the format is complete cancel the NT install. After that you should be able to run FDISK and delete and create the partitions that you want.


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