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Partition management

Anyone recomend any good free software to manage the partitions on a USB HDD?
Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.

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  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    Windows 2000,XP and Vista have it built in but only Vista allows you to resize existing partitions without loss of data.
  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
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    timbim wrote: »
    Anyone recomend any good free software to manage the partitions on a USB HDD?

    Depends on your operating system.
  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
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    Can you talk me through removing the current partitions on a USB disk and setting up one full partition in XP?
    Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.
  • mdbarber
    mdbarber Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    press start/settings/control panel/admin tools/computer management/storage/disk management/ click on partition and remove easy peasy ;)
    click here to achieve nothing!
  • timbim_2
    timbim_2 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
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    Excelent. Now I have a perfectly good external disk.
    Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.
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