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Resize Partitions or Reconfigure Disk?

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by dmammone

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I have a used NT4 SP6a workstation that I am setting up for a new user. The current disk configuration is:
C: 327MB FAT
D: 2674MB FAT

I am not done installing software to the D: drive, and am running out of room on the C: drive!! I understand that software is writing to the system folder, as required.

So, my question is, can I reconfigure this 3GB drive to be a single drive? Although I have installed software, I am willing to rebuild it.

I have tried installing a fresh copy of NT, but I didn't see how I could change the existing partitions, or set it up as a single disk drive. Also tried using Disk Administrator to delete the partitions, but it wouldn't allow me to delete the partition with the system on it.

Did I missed something, or are there other ways to resolve this?

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by dmiles

You cannot resize the current partitions without a third party software such as Partition Magic or System Commander to not destroy the data
To use the fdisk utility,You will lose all data
to delete the current partition,but you will have to wipe the drive clean and start over
Insert the Win 98 startup disk and at command prompt type Fdisk and donot enable large disk support which will automatically set FAT 32,you will need FAT
Once started you can follow the onscreen instructions to create one partition

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