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Such a frustrating challenge.
I have used google and other forums but to no avail, I couldn't find an answer to my problem.
Minitool partition wizzard is a great application, but not for merging/swiping partiions. I had an extra partition for windows vista so I decided to merge it with my original xp partition after swiping the old vista partition clean. All went well until it restarted the computer, it does the same process over and over again. I installed ubuntu 10.10 on the old vista partition since it didn't wipe it. The windows xp system is still there but it will not give me an option to boot xp or ubuntu when I start my system. Does anybody have Any ideas? Any help is appreciated.
Minitool partition wizzard is a great application, but not for merging/swiping partiions. I had an extra partition for windows vista so I decided to merge it with my original xp partition after swiping the old vista partition clean. All went well until it restarted the computer, it does the same process over and over again. I installed ubuntu 10.10 on the old vista partition since it didn't wipe it. The windows xp system is still there but it will not give me an option to boot xp or ubuntu when I start my system. Does anybody have Any ideas? Any help is appreciated.
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Ok, it sounds like you weren't successful in wiping the Vista partition (all the files off of there). The bootloader on your drive might have still existed when you attempted to merge the partitions. Since the Vista version overwrote the bootloader for your XP partition, your computer can't load Windows XP's files.
A solution - First, wipe out your Ubuntu partition and completely format the PARTITION, (leave your XP files intact), and if possible remove the partition in it's entity, leaving only the free space (which is what you SHOULD have done before you attempted to merge the two sectors...). Boot into your Windows XP installation disk (if you don't have it, there are lots of makeshift disks that can rewrite an XP compatible bootloader). Go into the recovery mode, and you'll be in something like Command Prompt.
It'll probably ask you for an administrator password - If you have one, enter it. If you don't, leave it blank and accept.
Type each of these lines (press Enter after each line, since they are separate commands):
bootcfg /rebuild
/fixboot
/fixmbr
Assuming that the previous Vista partition was wiped completely into free space instead, you should be able to boot up into Windows XP. Use a program or the built in one to allocate that free space and combine it to your XP partition.
A solution - First, wipe out your Ubuntu partition and completely format the PARTITION, (leave your XP files intact), and if possible remove the partition in it's entity, leaving only the free space (which is what you SHOULD have done before you attempted to merge the two sectors...). Boot into your Windows XP installation disk (if you don't have it, there are lots of makeshift disks that can rewrite an XP compatible bootloader). Go into the recovery mode, and you'll be in something like Command Prompt.
It'll probably ask you for an administrator password - If you have one, enter it. If you don't, leave it blank and accept.
Type each of these lines (press Enter after each line, since they are separate commands):
bootcfg /rebuild
/fixboot
/fixmbr
Assuming that the previous Vista partition was wiped completely into free space instead, you should be able to boot up into Windows XP. Use a program or the built in one to allocate that free space and combine it to your XP partition.
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yeah I tried that, but I had to re-install xp since I couldn't get rid of minitool partition wizzard since it kept trying to write it. Do you have any idea how to merge a 13gig empty partition with your existing primary?
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with windows this is a kinda simple task, you dont need a partition manager either as windows has one built in,
what you do is click the start bar and right click on my computer and click manage.
from here you will have a section that says storage, disk management
click on disk management. right click the volume you want to expand and click extend volume. there will be a section which will tell you how much you can extend the volume by and it will give you a maximum amount and a box or a slider to change the value you want.
doing this will merge the partitions
also sorry if this is kinda vague after getting to the partition but i dont currently have a partitioned hdd to get the exact settings with. just play around with that section and it should get you what you want
what you do is click the start bar and right click on my computer and click manage.
from here you will have a section that says storage, disk management
click on disk management. right click the volume you want to expand and click extend volume. there will be a section which will tell you how much you can extend the volume by and it will give you a maximum amount and a box or a slider to change the value you want.
doing this will merge the partitions
also sorry if this is kinda vague after getting to the partition but i dont currently have a partitioned hdd to get the exact settings with. just play around with that section and it should get you what you want
You don't say?
Organ - If I remember correctly, Windows XP's Disk Management doesn't have the capability to merge it.
You should have boot up into safe-mode to delete the program before it begins the write.
Now that you've reinstalled it, use EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition. It should work.
You should have boot up into safe-mode to delete the program before it begins the write.
Now that you've reinstalled it, use EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition. It should work.
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