Removing the partition/logical drive from HD

[dcb91]

i just bought a used 80gb SATA HD at a flea market. this drive is just going to be my secondary and my copy of XP isnt installed on it. the drive works fine but has 3 partitions/logical drives on it. one is for windows, and the other two are for some programs. i want to delete the partitions and just have the bare drive, as one HD, not split up. it is split up like this:
SYSTEM - 10GB - Primary Partition
BOOTDRV - 40GB - Extended Partition/Logical Drive
MATRIX - 24.52GB - Extended Partition/Logical Drive

if i go into Computer Management and the delete the partitions that way, what will become of the space they held?

 

[Burgerbob]

You will just have to format the entire drive again after you delete the partitions, its not too hard. Dont worry, you wont lose any space.

 

[dcb91]

alright great, thanks much