Re: How to recover pc full volume (I've deleted the xp partition by mistake)

To recover partition, Boot from Linux System Rescue CD then run TESTDISK.
Let it search the drive for the missing partition.

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"cathycr" <> wrote in message
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>
> Last year I made a partition to install XP (which took 20GB) on my pc
> which came with Vista Home Premium, as I'm running low in my main
> partition I search "how to delete partition" and followed this:
>
> # Open Command Prompt.
> # Type:
> diskpart
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> list disk
> Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete
> the partition.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> select diskn
> Select the disk n from which you want to delete the partition.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> list partition
> Make note of the number of the partition that you want to delete.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> select partitionn
> Select the partition n that you want to delete.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> delete partition
>
> Now the hard disk D: is gone but I still have the same space on C: (I
> shouldn't have done it, I know now).
>
> I'd like to fix this! Please help! The only CD I have is Reinstallation
> DVD WIndows Vista Home Premium and I think I still have the one for XP.
> Is there any way to do this without formating the whole thing???
>
> Many thanks
>
>
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