2 ext13int partitions

Andrew

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Dec 23, 2013, 3:14:00 PM12/23/13

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I have 2 ext13int partitions that are empty.

How do I get rid of them ?

Thanks,
Andy

Paul

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Dec 23, 2013, 3:43:49 PM12/23/13

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Does Disk Management have a "Delete Partition" option ?
Right-click on the partition and examine your options.

Start : Run : diskmgmt.msc

Paul

Andy

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Dec 23, 2013, 4:05:29 PM12/23/13

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They don't show up in disk management.

Andy

Nil

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Dec 23, 2013, 5:01:27 PM12/23/13

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On 23 Dec 2013, Andrew <andrew_...@yahoo.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> I have 2 ext13int partitions that are empty.
>
> How do I get rid of them ?

Maybe it's just me, but I might think that if I was really looking for
help, I would mention how the partitions were created in the first
place. I might also consider using the same tool that created them to
delete them.

Paul

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Dec 23, 2013, 5:53:49 PM12/23/13

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_questions

"Is it bigger than a breadbox ?"

Paul

philo

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Dec 23, 2013, 6:34:28 PM12/23/13

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Andy is a troll, he posts crap like that all over Usenet.

Ben Myers

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Dec 23, 2013, 7:45:37 PM12/23/13

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"Andrew" <andrew_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:l9a5i5$7uc$1...@speranza.aioe.org...

Delete them.

Ben

JJ

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Dec 24, 2013, 7:52:08 AM12/24/13

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This is a general Windows newsgroups. Not a programming newsgroups.

Andy

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Dec 23, 2013, 7:11:58 PM12/23/13

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Clueless aren't you ? :-)

Andy

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Dec 24, 2013, 10:24:12 AM12/24/13

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Nothing to do with programming.

Andy

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Dec 24, 2013, 10:26:22 AM12/24/13

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I found out that the partition types are XINT13.

PARTITION_FAT32_XINT13

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff563751%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Windows 95/98: Specifies a partition that uses extended INT 13 services.

I recently tried to install Win98 on one of my partitions.

I can find anything in my registry.

Ben Myers

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Dec 24, 2013, 11:21:46 AM12/24/13

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"Andy" <andrewke...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:fefb38a2-5ab7-42c9...@googlegroups.com...

Double-check disk management. The bottom window sometimes has scroll
bars which can be used to view all the items. I usually just maximize it. If they aren't
there, please repost with more information, including the reason you think they exist.

Ben

Paul

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Dec 24, 2013, 11:47:17 AM12/24/13

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Correlate your table against this. See the pattern ?

http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html

Your table doesn't define numeric values. This table
from Microsoft, assigns numbers. Now the pattern becomes
clearer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381635(v=vs.85).aspx

PARTITION_FAT32_XINT13 0x0C

In other words, it's just a "regular ole FAT32" partition.

It should show up in Disk Management.
It can be deleted via Disk Management. Click and select
Delete from the menu. Done. The area should then show up
as "Unallocated" or the like.

*******

A partition type could be a Primary one. Suitable
for a brand new OS installation. The table in the
MBR, has room for four entries of that type.

A partition can also be Logical, contained in an
Extended envelope. That mechanism allows a lot more
partitions to be defined. Multiple logical partitions
can live in a single Extended envelope. You can
have three primaries, then, an Extended being the
fourth MBR entry, and in there, have a ton of
logical partitions defined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_boot_record

Disk Management should still do a fine job of
displaying the partitions, in either case. And if for
any reason, the Disk Management display is illegible,
you can use the command line "DiskPart" utility,
to do any deletes you might need.

Paul

Andy

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Dec 24, 2013, 11:50:54 AM12/24/13

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Disk Management is not showing it.

I am not going to worry about it anymore.

Andy

Paul

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Dec 24, 2013, 1:01:44 PM12/24/13

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Fire up the command line DiskPart.

And live a little :-)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415

We'll make a disk wizard out of you yet...

Paul

Andy

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Dec 25, 2013, 10:43:29 AM12/25/13

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The phantom disk mysteriously disappeared.

:-)

Andy

Paul in Houston TX

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Dec 25, 2013, 4:17:11 PM12/25/13

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They do that every now and then.

Paul

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Dec 25, 2013, 4:49:12 PM12/25/13

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They play possum.

http://www.paulmberger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Playing-Possum.jpg

This is a section of the Disk Management screen
on my machine right now. It's claiming the disk
is "unreadable", whereas the partition in there,
mounted just fine.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2iqinh1.gif

The only thing wrong with this, is the inability to use
Disk Management or DiskPart right now, as long as it
behaves this way. I can copy files on and off the
partition just fine. For safety, all the files
are coming off that partition, as we speak. Then,
it'll be time to "nuke and pave" Disk 3 FTW.

Paul