reclaim my Linux partition and add it to my Windows partition

[crmpicco]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to reclaim my Linux partition that I have set up (20GB i think) and amalgamate that in with my 35GB Windows partition?

I am no longer using my Linux partition, so it really is wasted Hard Disk space.

Windows: MS Windows XP Home SP2
Linux: Fedora Core 5.

Picco

[felgall]

You need partition manangement software that recognises the format that the linux partition uses in order to be able to delete it. You would also need partitioning software that allows resizing partitions without losing the content in order to recover the space into your existing partition. The partition tools that come with windows can't handle either of these. The partitioning tools that came with the linux version you installed may be able to do it for you.

[crmpicco]

in the Computer Management I have:

1. my hard drive (C:) at 39.06 GB NTFS
2. a 102MB Healthy (Unknown Partition) that I would only imagine to be my swap partition (??)
3. and a 35.67GB Healthy partition (E:)

Number 3 gives the the option to right-click and format.....is this recommended? I don't want to affect the C: drive if possible. If I have to have two drives then that's not a probelm either, bringing them together I can do without.

Picco

[felgall]

If you can reformat the partition into NTFS format then it would be usable as a separate partition (drive). Doing that would have less effect on your C: drive than trying to merge them would.