Removing XP off old drive...how?

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bobbavet

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Gday

I installed Vista on a new drive and all has gone well. My problem is that I cannot delete the old XP that resides on another drive. This is because of the inbuilt security feature that does not allow widows to delete or format windows partitions.

cheers
 

My Computer

System One

One way to do it, put it in an external enclosure (caddie) and it will do it from there.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    INTEL QUAD 6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP35-DS4
    Memory
    4 gb
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 8800gt
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" ACER
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    500 GB 320GB
    PSU
    700WATT
    Cooling
    ARCTIC
    Internet Speed
    Av.MTH, Download 8.27, Upoad 0.91
You could use a boot CD that has AEFDISK.EXE on it and use AEFDISK to erase the partition. Just be careful when using AEFDISK so you don't erase the wrong partition or drive. You can download AEFDISK free online, but I'm not sure where to find it in a boot CD, except for maybe Ultimate Boot CD, which might have other ways to erase the partition. Check google for those.
 

My Computer

System One

You could put it in another computer. Boot the OS CD and delete the partition.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
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