ok so i used gparted to partiton..one for xp and one for ubuntu...but now i want to take out the winxp partition and join it with the ubuntu one. how would i do that? cuz i deleted the partition but now its 21 GB of nothing laying around in my hdd.
thanks.
kotak.

You have to use gparted from either the Ubuntu LiveCD or the GParted LiveCD, http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php.

i did use the one on the ubuntu live CD. thats the one thats not letting me combine the 2 partitions into one big single one.

Try the GParted LiveCD. Otherwise, post a screenshot of Gparted window with your harddrive on it.

ok i will try the gparted live CD. and ill let you know what happens.

thanks the liveCD worked perfectly it allowed me to combine both the partitions.