>Without commercial software, when you change partitions (combine partitions, split partitions, or redimension partitions), all information on the affected partitions is lost.
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>Some commercial software, like PartitionMagic, allows you to change partitions without losing data. A recent backup is appropriate just in case.
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I realize that. The idea was to DELETE all stuff/junk from the computer (it was my daughter's computer and now I want to use it for crash and burn testing).
Thank you for your input.
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