I have created the restore disk set but I must have missed the option to delete the image off the drive. How can I do this manually?

No, you didn’t miss the option.  You will need to delete the partition yourself.  Easiest way to do it would be Partition Magic unless you don’t have anything on the D: partition yet in which case you can use Windows XP to delete both partitions, then create a new one to fill all the available space.

This is a slightly advanced topic, doing it wrong can lead to data loss so be sure you know what you are doing.

You can delete the partition using the restore disks (at least you can with the DVD). You select expert (or manual) settings and then one partition instead of 2.

It seems counter intuitive because they dont explain you can choose just one partition, but it works.

Erik

Do you have to run the restore to delete the partitions?  Or can you just boot the restore disk, delete the partitions and then abort?

You might as well just use Windows to delete the partitions if you are going to do that.  Probably safer and you have more control over what’s going on.

[quote author=“AndyMac”]Do you have to run the restore to delete the partitions?  Or can you just boot the restore disk, delete the partitions and then abort?

You might as well just use Windows to delete the partitions if you are going to do that.  Probably safer and you have more control over what’s going on.

No it will wipe your drive and fresh install everything, just on one partition without a restore dir.

Erik