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Having trouble reformatting a partitioned drive on my laptop?
The background: my Sony Vaio laptop originally had a partitioned hard drive (c: & d: drives) and was running Windows XP. I had problems with a root kit virus & eventually had to uninstall XP, reformat & install Win7. This was done on what was the d: drive to preserve the c: drive contents. On installing this, the d: drive got renamed to c: and vice versa.
The c: drive now contains Win7 and when I boot the computer, it acts like a dual boot system, with option to boot old XP (corrupted) or by default, the new Win7.
I now have all the programme files & OS on c: drive, and want to clear off the d: partition (which has all the old XP stuff on it) to free up some disc space. I've tried formatting the d: drive but it won't let me. I've tried altering permissions to delete files individually, but even with admin permissions, can't do this either.
Anyone got any suggestions? I don't want to download any 'dodgy' software to do the job!
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
Your answer is to download a copy of "Easeus Partition Master Home Edition" from the link below. This allows very easy partition management and is free. The link is to an expert review, customer reviews as well as the download on CNET.
You can alternatively get a copy of "Eraser" (link also below) or a similar program which can securely delete all traces of the contents of the partition and then you can format it using Windows. This will be a little bit more work so my first choice recommendation is Easeus.
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Source(s): I personally use both these programs Easeus Partition Master: http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-H... Eraser: http://download.cnet.com/Eraser/3000-2092_4-102318... - ?Lv 45 years ago
XP can not discover the complicated rigidity till it has loaded the motive force for the complicated rigidity controller. What XP CD is this? If this is an unique XP CD from 2001, there is not any actual way it is going to artwork on modern-day hardware. you like a minimum of SP2 integrated, and ideally the drivers on your complicated rigidity controller could additionally be integrated. you additionally could make XP installation CDs with nLite, and that i exceptionally advise doing it that way. That way, you additionally could be sure the ideal service packs and drivers are integrated.