Hello mates!

Senario:
I have dual boot OS on my system i.e., Windows XP Prof. and FC6.
I have installed VMware Server on linux.
I have 48GB space in Windows XP 24GB each for C and D Drive (FAT32 format), and nearly 25 GB on Linux.
5GB of free space left on linux and i want to install Windows XP Prof. inside linux using VMware Server and later to remove Windows as dual boot.
Due to less space.. i am not able to do it.
I want my windows D Drive partition into the linux such that my linux space raise to nearly 49GB and windows be 24GB.
So that i can increase virtual memory for VMware to be 20GB from currently 5GB.

Help needed:
1) How to bring that partition into the linux without loosing linux data? [Need solution and all commands (guide) as i am new to linux.]
Note: Nothing is there in D Drive of windows.. so no issues of loosing data there.

2) If '1)' is over... then i want windows to be deleted and to bring remaining 24GB of windows space to be inside linux, and make as a single boot OS. So that to use windows ..from linux using VMware i can use it.

Please Help me out.
Thanx in advance.

I think you might have to reinstall windows completely as I am not aware any method to import it inside vmware. Best is make a backup of your data completely and delete your windows partition and expand your linux partition (with partition manager or qtparted.sf.net) and reinstall windows inside.

Pl. backup before you do all these.

Thanx for the reply biophysics
But there is a huge amount of data to take backup for me, so i want to avoid it.
and lot of live updates has been made to linux already..
so i dont want to waste my time in that again.
So searching for the alternate.

Just a small note. whether or not you reinstall the machine you should have a practice of making backups (regularly). Avoiding it is really a bit scary. Forgive for me for the advice.

Yes... Bachups is must... thats true and i agree.
But for now... i wanted to have some alternate.

I have heard of Gparted, link as below:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

can u all suggest me on this.
Is this good and suggestable to carry on my work?

qtparted/ gparted are different GUI for the same program Parted. You can bring your D drive fat32 easily into linux.