how do i remove a partion on my hard drive

[soulja]

i currently had XP pro on when installing Linux Mandrake and it created another partion, how do i have it just delete windows and install On to that hard drive with no partions. now i have two partions and i can't get rid of one. its a Extend. i tried Fdisk but it keep telling me i must remove Logical but i try but then it say Remove the Extend Partion, it just goes back and forth what do i do to erase that extend partion keep the primary and get all my space back. and then reinstall linux and have it overwrite over windows or delete it.

[skuz]

You can do it with Partition Manager, or simpler with DELPART, you can find the latter free on the web, it's a simple .exe

[daveleau]

Partition Magic is really the only way I have been able to fix this problem in the past. You can do that, or you can take the hdd to a Macintosh and have their partitioning software do it. I have had to do this in a pinch as well. I felt kind of dirty afterwords, too. I mean...it IS a Mac...

[dauss]

you could low-level format your hard drive.

[squeech]

FDISK cannot recognize partitions of Linux types (as you no doubt have guessed )

DELPART is a good utility, but I personally recommend Ranish Partition Manager for all your needs now and in the future. This thing will regonize and work with ANY partition available to ANYONE out there.