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    how do i remove the hpa mediadirect partition (e1405)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by electronicsguy, Apr 14, 2007.

  1. electronicsguy

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    HI,
    I want to remove dell media direct since its not of much use - takes up unnecessary space and without even being able to read my music files from my music folder. So I want to remove the hidden partition but I am not able to.
    I used the hitachi ftool to resize the disk space to the full 60.1GB. I have only dell utility (40mb) and xp partition (55gb). The remaining space i suspect is the dell hpa.
    Partition magic cant see this partition. even tools like gparted/qtparted cant see it when i boot with the rescue CD. So any ideas how i can go about deleting this and reclaiming the space?
    thanks.
     
    electronicsguy, Apr 14, 2007
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