Thank you for this information Roger, I downloaded a copy, created a Win98 boot disc, including GDISK. When I ran the command, GDISK /STATUS, it reported only 1 partition, not the 4 that PC doctor reports. Is this normal, as I do not want to rebuild my compter again, and still have the 4 partitions. Thank you in anticipation. Regards, Joe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Griffiths" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Partitions > Joe said... > >I recently played around with Linux, and partitioned my HD into 4. I > >reinstalled Windows months ago, deleted all partitions, and created one > >new partition for Win 98. > > >However using a program called PC Doctor, it reports I still have 4 > >partitions, with three being empty. > > >Is there a way of joining these 4 partitions? > > Symantec make a utility called GDISK. I find it more powerful than FDISK. If you download it from here, > http://drd.dyndns.org/gdisk.html > make a bootable floppy with the files extracted to it. Boot the PC and type at the A:\ prompt GDISK 1 /DEL /ALL > This will delete all partitions regardless of O/S. Next type GDISK 1 /mbr > will reinitialise your masterboot record. the number 1 is signifies the primary disk, if you wanted to use it on a secondary disk, you would have to change the value. > > Hope it helps. > > Regards Roger. > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com