un-partition hard drive with 2 OS

I have a partitioned hard drive and have XP on one and 2000 on the other. What would be the best way to format the two partitions and unpartition it back to one hard drive? Any help on this would be great because I have no idea what I'm doing lol and can't aford to get it done. Thanks yall

 

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There are numerous ways to do this, and it all depends on why you need to do this, but the easiest would be to boot to your XP install disc, make the appropriate selections for a clean/fresh install. You will be given a list of the partitions and will be able to delete them both, then reformat it as a single partition/drive. When deleting partitions this way, it's best to delete the 2nd partition first. You can also use a bootable partition tool. These can be downloaded for free from your hard drive manufacturer's web site, or you can use of these available here at Major Geeks (also free):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Dariks_Boot_and_Nuke_d4596.html (completely wipes the entire drive; not really a partition utility)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/CPM_Cute_Partition_Manager_d5369.html (not real user friendly, but will do the job)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/EASEUS_Partition_Master_Home_Edition_d5967.html (recommended)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Parted_Magic_d6107.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Partition_Logic_d4780.html
. . . and I could list more and more for days and days . . . you can also look thru the Drive Utilities downloads here at Major Geeks and find something on your own that will suit your needs. If you have any questions, problems, or whatever, feel free to post.


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