Partition problem

[gisot]

Hi everyone,
I had Suse Linux 10 installed on my pc, dual booted with XP SP2 ... now i have 4 partitions on my HD and i want to merge them into 2 partitions.
I'm using Partition Magic 8 for that,but whenever i start the program,im getting message 'partitions are created using different geometry etc... " ,so i cant use PM8 to merge those partitions back. What program should i use to merge those partitions?
Thanks

[oz]

I don't know if it will help, but take a look at the Parted Magic LiveCD:

Parted Magic

It's a Partition Magic clone so it should be easy for you to use.

It would probably be a good idea to defrag your Windows partitions before going forward, too.

[devils casper]

As suggested by ozar, PartedMagic will do the job but be careful. SuSe might not boot up after merging partitions. Post the output of fdisk -l here.

[gisot]

Thanks for helping out guys, but im gonna need some more help. I downloaded Parted Magic LiveCD but i dont have MERGE option anywhere on the menu . Program recognizes all partitions , but there's no merge option available. Help!
And as for extra info, i uninstalled Suse Linux from the system and now i just want to get my partitions back to 2 (one for my OS and one for my installation setups) .
Thanks!

[oz]

If I remember correctly, you don't merge partitions. Instead, you delete any unwanted partitions then resize the ones you want to keep.

[gisot]

No luck guys, i just tried deleting partitions and resizing the remaining ones,but can't do it.
PartedMagic sees my partitions as \dev\hdd1\ -30gb and \dev\hdd2\ -60gb .. but within second partition i have 3 others,each with 20gb. I even tried merging with Acronis Disk Director program and that 1 cant do anything about it. Any other ideas ?
Thank you!

[devils casper]

Post the output of fdisk -l command here.

[gisot]

Here's the output of fdisk -l command :

root@PartedMagic:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3918 31471302 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 3919 12161 66211897+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 3919 7882 31840798+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 7883 10902 24250117+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 10902 12161 10120887 b W95 FAT32
root@PartedMagic:~#

Thank you for all your support!

[devils casper]

First partition is a Primary Partition and you can resize it. You can delete or shrink last Partition and create new partition(s).