[hardy dude]

Hello,
I am a beginner on linux I have a partitioned system with linux and windows xp but my windows xp conked so I would like to delete the windows xp partition and give the memory of the windows partition to the linux one can someone tell me how to do this?
P.S Since I am a beginner the person who has the solution the problem explain the solution in simple language .
Thank You

[kostasan]

Open a terminal and write:
sudo gparted
and then give your password
Find the partition you want to delete(its filesystem will be ntfs) and click the delete button.
After the deletion you can resize the other partition as you wish.

[kostasan]

One important thing:
Backup the data of the partition you will resize, in case something goes wrong. You will also lose all data of windows partition, so copy anything you need first.

[raghaven.kumar]

you can use fdisk -l in the terminal to see the partition list.
if you have the partition as /dev/hda1 or something
type fdisk /dev/hda
or if its something else like /dev/sda1 or /dev/hdc1 or anyother
type the name without the number
in fdisk as fdisk /dev/sda and so on.

then typing p will list you the same partitions
see which is the partition you want to delete and note its patition no.
type d which will ask you for partition no.enter it
enter w to write partition table.
enter q to quit
then type partprobe on the terminal to reload the partition into linux or just restart your system.

If this is too complex for you, dont try it .
Instead you can opt for GParted, a gui partition editor.
you can install it using
apt-get install gparted
PS: all these should be done as root or using sudo

[hardy dude]

Thank you guys so much I am going to try deleting the partition if I have any problem I will post the problem thanks you
Hardy Dude

[ozar]

The PartedMagic LiveCD is also an easy tool to use for working with Linux and /or Windows partitions.

Let us know how it goes.

[zba78]

Please note that if your Linux file system is ReiserFS then you cannot move the beginning of the partition or it (the partition) will become corrupt.