[AuckLUG] Fwd: DELETING PARTITIONS(OR NEWBIE PLAYING WITH FIRE!!!)

[Robert]

Alan,

As long as you have the COA (Certificate of Authenticity) on the laptop 
(usually underneath its the label with the cd key on it) you can use any 
XP OEM CD to put windows back on at a later date if you don't have a CD 
download one or copy one.

So feel free to blow away the Windows partition if you want (i'm also 
pretty sure that the acer laptop's come with a recovery CD anyway).

Rob

Alan Nicholson wrote:
>
> I have an Acer Laptop that came originally with WinXP loaded. Although I
> hardly ever use it I would like to keep it as a backup for my wifes PC - she
> is a bit more locked in to M$ as she is an contract Project Manager who
> frequently deals with companies who are solely M$ based. As its a legal copy
> (albeit with NO backup CD copy if anything goes wrong) I would like to be
> sure not to delete it.
>
> Some time back I loaded SLED 10 on  a trial basis and later installed Suse
> 10.1 so it now has the 3 OS loaded.
>
> I've now decided to move to OpenSuse 10.2 but want to retain the XP
>  partitions and delete all the others and do a fresh install. I could let
>  Suse 10.2 do the repartitioning or I have GParted as a live CD so I could
>  use that. My problem is ensuring that I don't delete the partitions that 
> relate to XP
>
> When I look at the partitions using GParted I see:
>
> Dev/hda1		fat32
> hda4		extended
> hda5		linux-swap
> hda6		reiserfs  (pretty sure this is SLED10as the Bootloader shows SLED10 as
> 			hda6)
> hda7		linux-swap
> hda8		ext3
> hda9		ext3
> hda2		fat32
> hda3		fat16
>
> I am assuming that the extended,fat32 & fat16 partitions (hda 1,2 3 &4) are
> WinXP. If I look on "My Computer" it looks like the hard drive is set up as 2
> drives - C & D. Hence my assumption that the 4 partitions relate to WinXP.
> hda6 is SLED with the remaining partitions 5,7,8,&9 being allocated to either
> Suse 10.1 or SLED. If this is the case then I assume that I would be safe in
> deleting all partitions except 1.2. 3 & 4.
>
> Am I correct in my assumptions or am I playing with fire deleting these
> remaining partitions.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to be sure that I am not deleting the XP partitions or
> suggest how I can clean out 10.1 & SLED10
>
> Alan
>
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