Okay before I say anything else.........you guys know those "...For Dummies" books that they make? Well they make those for people like me. So I'm afraid you're gonna have to break it down a bit!
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But is that the first or second partition on the drive itself seeing the new copy of Windows? Time to use GParted to delete the old, move the new formerly hidden to the beginning of the drive, and then create your second partition for storage.
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Basically this is what happened. At the time of my last reformat, the intention was to COMPLETELY wipe out everything and start anew. What I suppose happened was that I was able to start anew but the old but somehow clicked the wrong button and the old data was left on there. So that would make this the second partition seeing windows.
As far as a second partition goes (the one that I'm not using right now while typing this, the one that I started anew so long ago) the only thing I want on that is what comes by default when you first get your comp. I don't need storage on my internal HD (i just got an external in other unrelated news)
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GParted will easily remove all partitions found on the drive. But you would still need a good recovery disk you can boot up from or a full version of Windows to install Windows onto a new single primary. GParted can be used for creating the new one as well as the XP installer. But the XP installer will still have to format the partition in order to copy the setup files to it.
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I already have the windows I want. I just want to get rid of the old one. I don't want to reformat the entire thing, just remove what was left over. Is there a way to do that? I dont need any new setup files.
This Control Panel utility you mentioned...what EXACTLY can be done here that I wouldn't do with the Gparted utility or Windows reboot disc? What does Gparted do that the Computer Management utility can't?