If you want to delete a partition in Windows XP, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Computer Management console by clicking Start, clicking Control Panel, and then clicking System Tools.
  2. In the Computer Management console, click Disk Management.
  3. In the Disk Management console, right-click the partition that you want to delete and then click Delete Partition.
  4. Click Yes in the Confirm Partition Delete dialog box. ..