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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1064007" data-attributes="member: 56231">I think you're at the stage of Archive & Install from the original Install disk. That will preserve all your second and third-party files while getting rid of the partition(s) currently on the HD. It will also remove the ghost drive. Just make sure of two things:1. that you have sufficient disk space, because a Previous System folder will be created, occupying anything up to 8 Gb; and2. that you specify a single partition on the HD before beginning the installation process.If you don't wish to do A&I, then boot into Safe mode and transfer all the files you wish to retain on to another drive. Then do a full, clean install, which will remove the partitions. Not a method I'd recommend, but workable.</blockquote>