How to merge partitions

[LeoSayer]

I'm currently reinstalling xp from scratch on my laptop and would like to merge the partitions on the hard disc into one. The current partitions (on a 40gb drive) are:

2.93gb
16.97gb
17.35gb

If I use Disc Management in XP then I can delete the partition, but it still remains as unallocated space.

Help!

[Muntu]

Delete them all whilst in the XP setup just prior to the format, rather than from within XP

[anonymous-user]

It will become 'unallocated space', you then need to create a partition and format it - obviously you will lose everything on all the partitions.

This can all be done in the xp set up wizard (blue screen) before installation process begins.

ETA: Boot off the xp disk, delete all partitions, recreate as one, format, install on selected drive - job done)

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 23 March 22:37

[LeoSayer]

That's done it, thanks.