Destructive Repartitioning in windows

The process of installing and partitioning Windows varies between releases of the Windows operating system. Full instructions for installing and partitioning the particular version of Windows that you own appear in the installation guide that accompanied your Windows CD-ROM. Most current business and home users are Windows 2000 users, and can destructively repartition using a Windows 2000 install CD by following these steps:

1.	Insert the Windows install CD-ROM and turn on your computer. When prompted, press a key to boot from the CD-ROM. A number of drivers will be loaded; this part might take some time. After the drivers load, the Welcome to Setup screen appears.
2.	At the Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to indicate that you want to install Windows 2000. A list of existing partitions appears.
3.	Use the up and down arrows to select the partition marked C:, and press the D key to delete the partition. A warning screen opens.
4.	Press Enter to confirm that you want to delete the partition. A second warning screen opens. Press L to delete the partition.
5.	When the partition list appears once again, use the arrow keys to select the Unpartitioned Space entry, as shown in figure below Then press C to create a partition of your own choosing.
6.	When the partition sizing screen appears, select a partition size for Windows.
7.	After you enter the partition size you want, press Enter to redisplay the partition list. Be sure to create a partition large enough to hold Windows plus any applications that you want to installusually no smaller than 2,000MB.
8.	Select the C: entry in the partition list and press Enter once more to proceed with Windows installation, using your Windows installation guide