change partitions

Hi,

I installed Debian on a machine with several other pations (window, RH9.1, etc). During the installation, it indicated one of my linux partition had some problems (it is formated by ext3, but can only write to the disk with used space only higher than 70%). Now I am going to fix that partition before I am going to mount it to Debian. Also, I am no longer need to use MS window and I am going to remove all window partitions. I know it is risk operation and I need to take advice here before I delete or alter the partitions.

Should I use fdisk to remove the window partition or if there is a better partition tool I can use in Debian?

Can I remove the window partition from Linux?

Is there a partition tool in Debian which can detect the ext3 partition problem and to fix it without re-format or re-partition?

Also, I have only one window OS, but I don't k now why both hda1 and hda2 are for window partitions, can I delete both of them? Please see following partition information and the debian boot is in Master section.

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 32.0 GB, 32003112960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3890 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

    /dev/hda1               1         255     2048256    7  HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/hda2             256        1275     8193150    b  W95 FAT32
    /dev/hda3            1276        3890    21004987+   5  Extended
    /dev/hda5            1276        1504     1839411   83  Linux
    /dev/hda6            2296        2298       24066   83  Linux
    /dev/hda7            2299        2364      530113+  82  Linux swap / 

Solaris

    /dev/hda8            2365        3890    12257563+  83  Linux
    /dev/hda9   *        1505        1863     2883636   83  Linux
    /dev/hda10           1864        2295     3470008+  83  Linux

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Thank you.

Jim

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