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removing the swap partition

how can i remove the swap partition from my sdcard.... its originally 8GB... now its 7GB (1GB lost while partitioning)
i tried disabling it, format it (quick and non quick)
what else should i do?

wow, bad luck... maybe friday the 13th is a bad luck day...
any answers?? please?
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Try using 4ext recovery. You can install it from the free version in market. It has excellent formtting and partitioning tools. The touch interface is excellent too. Makes for a great replacement of clockwork mod.

MaxWiz said:
Try using 4ext recovery. You can install it from the free version in market. It has excellent formtting and partitioning tools. The touch interface is excellent too. Makes for a great replacement of clockwork mod.
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does it have the option to remove swap partition? and does it format it when removing?
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Riro Zizo said:
does it have the option to remove swap partition? and does it format it when removing?
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Quite frankly I thought formatting removed it.. but if it works from 4ext then yes it will be formatting it again

noneabove said:
Quite frankly I thought formatting removed it.. but if it works from 4ext then yes it will be formatting it again
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I just can't believe CWM made an option to partition, and didn't make an option to unpartition
or am i missing something??

No repartitioning in cwm. That's one of the reasons I use 4ext now. I don't think 4ext will repartition without formatting whole sd but it give you very clear warnings if it is going to so try and see what it says.
If it is going to need to format whole sd then use an adapter to put sd in a pc and copy everything accross. Copy it all back once you're partitioned/formatted. Easy.

MaxWiz said:
No repartitioning in cwm. That's one of the reasons I use 4ext now. I don't think 4ext will repartition without formatting whole sd but it give you very clear warnings if it is going to so try and see what it says.
If it is going to need to format whole sd then use an adapter to put sd in a pc and copy everything accross. Copy it all back once you're partitioned/formatted. Easy.
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yeah i know how to backup my sdcard... cuz i tried formatting it several times via windows... i'll try with cwm... cuz it gotta have the option...
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I've heard you can make a live cd of gparted and use that to partion the card. I use gparted on ubuntu and it is simple and easy. It works great for resizing partions. You can erase the swap and then add that to the existing fat32 partion or turn some of it into ext 2,3,4 for app2sd.
A live cd is booted itself not run inside the existing operating system. So you would make the cd then boot from cd
Just make sure your editing the sdcard and not your pc harddrive! There is a pulldown to select the drive you want to work with. The size will be the bigest indicator cause I assume your hdd is much larger then 8 gig
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[HELP] About re-partition of sd card.

I accidentally partitioned my sd card in Cwm mode.
I almost lost 1260 mb from 8.0 GB of my sd card.
And I want to use that lost memory as partition for alternate internal memory on SD card. Please tell me how to use?
Or
Is there any way to make it as it was previous (8.0 GB)?
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kumbar55 said:
I accidentally partitioned my sd card in Cwm mode.
I almost lost 1260 mb from 8.0 GB of my sd card.
And I want to use that lost memory as partition for alternate internal memory on SD card. Please tell me how to use?
Or
Is there any way to make it as it was previous (8.0 GB)?
-sent from Fx warrior's XDA App
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I wonder.....
U copied about of my post...
But didnt read any posts in it...
Great......
However use mini partion tool...
Even though i am not supposed to help i still did..
**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...**

kumbar55 said:
I accidentally partitioned my sd card in Cwm mode.
I almost lost 1260 mb from 8.0 GB of my sd card.
And I want to use that lost memory as partition for alternate internal memory on SD card. Please tell me how to use?
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To use that space read Link2SD Guide
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Is there any way to make it as it was previous (8.0 GB)?
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In Linux you can use fdisk to delete all partitions and make only one of 8GB in size. In Windows I guess you can use Disk Administration tool or whatever utility that allows you to create and edit partitions on your storage devices.

menewtoroot said:
I wonder.....
U copied about of my post...
But didnt read any posts in it...
Great......
However use mini partion tool...
Even though i am not supposed to help i still did..
**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...**
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Bro I am new to partition.
Its my problem, so posted.
I don't know how you can think that you are great and I copied your content.
I don't have any interest to copy somebody's hardwork.
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celisdelafuente said:
To use that space read Link2SD Guide
In Linux you can use fdisk to delete all partitions and make only one of 8GB in size. In Windows I guess you can use Disk Administration tool or whatever utility that allows you to create and edit partitions on your storage devices.
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Bro if you can give me link of disk administrator tool for Win 7.
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EaseUS Partition Master Tool...best tool..

kumbar55 said:
Bro if you can give me link of disk administrator tool for Win 7.
-sent from Fx Warrior's XDA App
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It is included in Windows. You should learn to use your operating system first, before messing with your phone.

kumbar55 said:
I accidentally partitioned my sd card in Cwm mode.
I almost lost 1260 mb from 8.0 GB of my sd card.
And I want to use that lost memory as partition for alternate internal memory on SD card. Please tell me how to use?
Or
Is there any way to make it as it was previous (8.0 GB)?
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launch link2sd choose recreate mounts script and again choose ext4
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Lol? I used Cwm and it was perfectly fine. I guess you put too much in your 2nd partition. You can't see your 2nd partition like in file explorer.
Though I still have to state that,
ALL YOUR CHEESE BELONGS TO ME!

To all thanx for your valuable comment.
Finally I partitioned my sd card and using it smoothly.
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[Q] Fail at booting

Hello guys,
I installed this particular rom on my HD2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224469
The installation completes succesfully but when I reboot it stucks on a black screen. Using MAGLDR and CWM, in the installation I chose NAND installation type. Is there maybe anything I do wrong?
Thx in advance

KIdDarkness said:
Hello guys,
I installed this particular rom on my HD2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224469
The installation completes succesfully but when I reboot it stucks on a black screen. Using MAGLDR and CWM, in the installation I chose NAND installation type. Is there maybe anything I do wrong?
Thx in advance
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You chose ONLY Nand? You must have enough system partition. What device do you have? (Eu or Tmo) and what is your partitioning?

Marvlesz said:
You chose ONLY Nand? You must have enough system partition. What device do you have? (Eu or Tmo) and what is your partitioning?
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I have EU device and my partitioning was 190kb if my memory serves me well coz I've been updating my roms since March 2012 ;/ (1 year now)

KIdDarkness said:
I have EU device and my partitioning was 190mb if my memory serves me well coz I've been updating my roms since March 2012 ;/ (1 year now)
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You should use DataOnExt. Create an ext partition on your sdcard and reinstall the ROM with the installation option "Nand with DataOnExt" chosen. And you should be good to go.

Marvlesz said:
You should use DataOnExt. Create an ext partition on your sdcard and reinstall the ROM with the installation option "Nand with DataOnExt" chosen. And you should be good to go.
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Ok thx a lot.. huhmm, how am I gonna create the partition? And if my memory serves me right it must be FAT32 format right?

You can follow this great tutorial by mengfei up to the point where he says "Another method of creating an EXT4 partition". (don't forget to thank him)
Edit: Your memory failed you , it must be an ext2/3/4. (In addition to your original FAT32)

Marvlesz said:
You can follow this great tutorial by mengfei up to the point where he says "Another method of creating an EXT4 partition". (don't forget to thank him)
Edit: Your memory failed you , it must be an ext2/3/4. (In addition to your original FAT32)
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If the pc doesn't have an input for the sd card, should I use the second method?? Is it reliable as well?

KIdDarkness said:
If the pc doesn't have an input for the sd card, should I use the second method?? Is it reliable as well?
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I used the second method (well, CWM not TWRP) to partition my SD and it's always worked perfectly well.

Nigeldg said:
I used the second method (well, CWM not TWRP) to partition my SD and it's always worked perfectly well.
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That comes really handy.. How did u partition it with CWM?

KIdDarkness said:
That comes really handy.. How did u partition it with CWM?
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If I'm not mistaken it's almost exactly the same as in mengfei's guide. Just boot into AD Recovery from MAGLDR, select Advanced then partition SD card. Choose whatever size you like (if you're not sure then 1GB is always a good safe option) and usually you won't have need for a swap partition so select 0 here. This will delete all of the data on your SD card though so make sure to back anything important up first.

Nigeldg said:
If I'm not mistaken it's almost exactly the same as in mengfei's guide. Just boot into AD Recovery from MAGLDR, select Advanced then partition SD card. Choose whatever size you like (if you're not sure then 1GB is always a good safe option) and usually you won't have need for a swap partition so select 0 here. This will delete all of the data on your SD card though so make sure to back anything important up first.
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Ofc it has a selection for an EXT4 partition as well right?

KIdDarkness said:
Ofc it has a selection for an EXT4 partition as well right?
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I actually don't remember having to select ext3 or 4 when installing but normally it doesn't make too much difference as far as I know.

Nigeldg said:
I actually don't remember having to select ext3 or 4 when installing but normally it doesn't make too much difference as far as I know.
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Ok, and as long as I do partition the sd card it will obviously need to copy the .zip of the ROM again onto the sd card correct?

KIdDarkness said:
Ok, and as long as I do partition the sd card it will obviously need to copy the .zip of the ROM again onto the sd card correct?
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Yeah, the best way to do it is using an SD card reader but since you don't have that using USB mass storage or the option in cwm should be fine.

KIdDarkness said:
Ok, and as long as I do partition the sd card it will obviously need to copy the .zip of the ROM again onto the sd card correct?
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That process is likely to format your sdcard, so MAKE SURE you have backed up everything. That means you'll also have to recopy the .zip file of the ROM.

Ok, so thx each one of u for the help, rly appreciate it Thx a lot guys

[Q] Removing partition? :confused:

How to remove partition on sd card?

use minitool partitioning wizard..
just google it.. :beer:
hope it helps.
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first step
First unmount sd card.
second step
format sd card
partition will be no more .
press thanks if i helped u.
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ALTAMAS said:
first step
First unmount sd card.
second step
format sd card
partition will be no more .
press thanks if i helped u.
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partition will stay, it only FORMATS the partition
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iPanther said:
How to remove partition on sd card?
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you should be able to use the default windows disk management to remove it

backup ur files from sd card first at all:silly:

dude i have tried that medhod and it worked for me.
why u need to remove partition.
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ALTAMAS said:
dude i have tried that medhod and it worked for me.
why u need to remove partition.
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Op is asking how to remove partition.. not how to wipe/format partition.. so your answer is wrong for this question. So the correction..
You would remove it if you don't want to use the second or third(swap) partition anymore.
@ op.. use any partition managers like minitool, easus etc to remove it or as stated above windows disk management will do.. you would have to delete both partitions in sdcard and create a new partition of fat32.. search in Google.. you will find good guides..
But make a backup of sdcard first before doing it..
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if you use some kind of partition manager, you can remove the partition without losing data, but always backup

ipanther said:
how to remove partition on sd card?
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just unmount it and then format it

abhishekr700 said:
just unmount it and then format it
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That won't remove partition
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Deadly said:
That won't remove partition
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well..i think u are wrong
unmounting the sd card then formatting it removes partition u ca try it on ur phone

abhishekr700 said:
well..i think u are wrong
unmounting the sd card then formatting it removes partition u ca try it on ur phone
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err.. no.
Formatting only resets data on that partition. I mean it only clears data from that partition.. it won't delete the partition. Say you have 2 partition.
If you format in phone. It will format first partition. Second partition data will be intact. And it won't be deleted either.
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just use any partitioning tool to remove both partitions, then make a fat32 partition of the whole sdcard.

Deadly said:
err.. no.
Formatting only resets data on that partition. I mean it only clears data from that partition.. it won't delete the partition. Say you have 2 partition.
If you format in phone. It will format first partition. Second partition data will be intact. And it won't be deleted either.
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oh thanks man .i think i was wrong

hello, i;ve tried to use mini partition wizard, but my partition still remain on there.. any other solutions?
thanks

gothed said:
hello, i;ve tried to use mini partition wizard, but my partition still remain on there.. any other solutions?
thanks
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you should be able to use minitool to remvove any sd card partition
copy anything you want to save onto pc
open mini tool
delete all partitions on sd card
create a new partition of fat32
hit apply
you could if you wanted just merge the partitions or delete the unwanted partition then extend the other partition into unused space but the above method is quick and simple

Try formatting the sd-ext on CWM advanced tab
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use minitool . its free easy nd clean .

I have partition on sd card:confused and use it as internal storage for galaxy y. Will formatting and removing the partition corrupt the OS?

Lost 16GB of my SD card. Please help :(

Hello Guys!
My sdcard (16gb) space was 14GB free. I installed LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD from Google Play and was installing Linux lol. It showed me these messages when installing
"CREATING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"FORMATTING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"MOUNTING LOOP TARGET FILE"
"INSTALLING.. DO NOT SWITCH APPS OR PRESS THE HOME BUTTON" (installation was taking very long so I pressed CANCEL and deleted Linux.loop file from /data/local)
Then I saw my sdcard, and it showed me this:
"16.00GB USED. 3MB FREE"
i deleted all thumbnails files folders, lost.dir folder files, cache files, & even uninstalled LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD app and then used sdmaid app to recover my lost space. No method worked! There are no hidden files or folders in my card. Please help me. How can I recover my lost sdcard space?
UPDATE: It also happened to me 2-3 months ago. I could not even format my card from Settings. (I used CWM recovery for formatting). but now I dont wanna format my card. There are so many important contents in my card.
please help...... thanks in. advanced

DroidFolks said:
Hello Guys!
My sdcard (16gb) space was 14GB free. I installed LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD from Google Play and was installing Linux lol. It showed me these messages when installing
"CREATING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"FORMATTING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"MOUNTING LOOP TARGET FILE"
"INSTALLING.. DO NOT SWITCH APPS OR PRESS THE HOME BUTTON" (installation was taking very long so I pressed CANCEL and deleted Linux.loop file from /data/local)
Then I saw my sdcard, and it showed me this:
"16.00GB USED. 3MB FREE"
i deleted all thumbnails files folders, lost.dir folder files, cache files, & even uninstalled LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD app and then used sdmaid app to recover my lost space. No method worked! There are no hidden files or folders in my card. Please help me. How can I recover my lost sdcard space?
please help...... thanks in advanced
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Try to format ur sd card

TheRoHit18 said:
Try to format ur sd card
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It also happened to me 2-3 months ago. I could not even format my card from Settings. (I used CWM recovery for formatting). but now I dont wanna format my card. There are so many important contents in my card.

DroidFolks said:
Hello Guys!
My sdcard (16gb) space was 14GB free. I installed LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD from Google Play and was installing Linux lol. It showed me these messages when installing
"CREATING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"FORMATTING LOOP TARGET FILE.."
"MOUNTING LOOP TARGET FILE"
"INSTALLING.. DO NOT SWITCH APPS OR PRESS THE HOME BUTTON" (installation was taking very long so I pressed CANCEL and deleted Linux.loop file from /data/local)
Then I saw my sdcard, and it showed me this:
"16.00GB USED. 3MB FREE"
i deleted all thumbnails files folders, lost.dir folder files, cache files, & even uninstalled LINUX INSTALLER STANDARD app and then used sdmaid app to recover my lost space. No method worked! There are no hidden files or folders in my card. Please help me. How can I recover my lost sdcard space?
UPDATE: It also happened to me 2-3 months ago. I could not even format my card from Settings. (I used CWM recovery for formatting). but now I dont wanna format my card. There are so many important contents in my card.
please help...... thanks in. advanced
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Have you tried to FORMATT sd card????

TECHNO_THUNDER said:
Have you tried to FORMATT sd card????
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i happened to me 2-3 months ago. Then I formatted my card by CWM recovery (settings method was not working at all). And it helped! But this time I am not thinking to format my card

DroidFolks said:
It also happened to me 2-3 months ago. I could not even format my card from Settings. (I used CWM recovery for formatting). but now I dont wanna format my card. There are so many important contents in my card.
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Ok try ur sd card on pc and see is there any hiden files

DroidFolks said:
i happened to me 2-3 months ago. Then I formatted my card by CWM recovery (settings method was not working at all). And it helped! But this time I am not thinking to format my card
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Then try to connect your sd card in your P.C,and delete all things that you don't need anymore....

TheRoHit18 said:
Ok try ur sd card on pc and see is there any hiden files
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I used Root Explorer (preferences set to view hidden files and folders) but there were no hidden files or folders dat can decrease my card space by 16gb.. :/

DroidFolks said:
I used Root Explorer (preferences set to view hidden files and folders) but there were no hidden files or folders.. :/
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Connect to PC first....

connect ur phone to pc on usb mass storage and then see

TECHNO_THUNDER said:
Connect to PC first....
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okay. I connected. My pc cannot detect my card

Here are the contents of my card

TheRoHit18 said:
connect ur phone to pc on usb mass storage and then see
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I did this. Connected USB>> Tapped android image for mass storage>> went to my computer>> Went to removable disk E>> got error "Windows Explorer (Not Responding"

DroidFolks said:
I did this. Connected USB>> Tapped android image for mass storage>> went to my computer>> Went to removable disk E>> got error "Windows Explorer (Not Responding"
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Connect through a SD Card Reader...

Its possible that your card made a partition so go into the recovery mod and clear sd partition ...that will do it but your card wil be formatted
Hit like if i helped you

DroidFolks said:
I did this. Connected USB>> Tapped android image for mass storage>> went to my computer>> Went to removable disk E>> got error "Windows Explorer (Not Responding"
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its not going to work u have to format ur sd card to regain ur 16 gigs, try ones more with card reader

hussaindahodwala said:
Its possible that your card made a partition so go into the recovery mod and clear sd partition ...that will do it but your card wil be formatted
Hit like if i helped you
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He said that he don't want to formatt it ....any other way!!!

hussaindahodwala said:
Its possible that your card made a partition so go into the recovery mod and clear sd partition ...that will do it but your card wil be formatted
Hit like if i helped you
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can u tell me how to clear partition? There's no option for that in CWM recovery..

DroidFolks said:
can u tell me how to clear partition? There's no option for that in CWM recovery..
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There is the option- wipe cache partition but not just partition removing option there

TECHNO_THUNDER said:
There is the option- wipe cache partition but not just partition removing option there
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Use diskpart (on Windows), or gparted (linux), or disk utility (Macintosh). Those will help remove unwanted partitions on the SD card.
-Mike