Hi,

My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is
as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a
NTFS partition (C) size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,
Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create
another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me
to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of
free space. How do I solve this problem?

Many thanks,
David

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is
> as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a
> NTFS partition (C) size 70GBytes containing Win XP.
>
> I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,
> Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create
> another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me
> to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of
> free space. How do I solve this problem?
>
> Many thanks,
> David


You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable program to
resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the job.

Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS Partition
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322

Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk
Director and BootIT NG are available.

Norton PartitionMagic 8.0
http://www.symantec.com/norton/produ...d=sp&pvid=pm80

Acronis Disk Director 10.0
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing.../diskdirector/

BootIT Next Generation
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/boo...generation.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:
> "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is
> > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a
> > NTFS partition (C) size 70GBytes containing Win XP.
>
> > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,
> > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create
> > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me
> > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of
> > free space. How do I solve this problem?
>
> > Many thanks,
> > David
>
> You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable program to
> resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the job.
>
> Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS Partition
> in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322
>
> Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk
> Director and BootIT NG are available.
>
> Norton PartitionMagic 8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80
>
> Acronis Disk Director 10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
>
> BootIT Next Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan

Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.

David

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:63dbd31c-7f44-4956-b6a1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:
> > "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> >
> >
news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is
> > > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a
> > > NTFS partition (C) size 70GBytes containing Win XP.
> >
> > > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,
> > > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create
> > > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me
> > > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of
> > > free space. How do I solve this problem?
> >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > David
> >
> > You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable
program to
> > resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the
job.
> >
> > Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS
Partition
> > in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322
> >
> > Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk
> > Director and BootIT NG are available.
> >
> > Norton PartitionMagic
8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80
> >
> > Acronis Disk Director
10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
> >
> > BootIT Next
Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Nepatsfan
>
> Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.
>

Yes, not only can you use BootItNG for 30 days unregistered, you can use it
indefinately if you don't install it, just run it from floppy or cd every
time (or, I suppose, USB stick - must look into that).

PRF

"PRF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:63dbd31c-7f44-4956-b6a1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:
>> > "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>> >
>> >
> news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> >
>> > > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive
>> > > is
>> > > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a
>> > > NTFS partition (C) size 70GBytes containing Win XP.
>> >
>> > > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,
>> > > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create
>> > > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow
>> > > me
>> > > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes
>> > > of
>> > > free space. How do I solve this problem?
>> >
>> > > Many thanks,
>> > > David
>> >
>> > You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable
> program to
>> > resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the
> job.
>> >
>> > Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS
> Partition
>> > in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322
>> >
>> > Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of
>> > Disk
>> > Director and BootIT NG are available.
>> >
>> > Norton PartitionMagic
> 8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80
>> >
>> > Acronis Disk Director
> 10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
>> >
>> > BootIT Next
> Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm
>> >
>> > Good luck
>> >
>> > Nepatsfan
>>
>> Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.
>>
>
> Yes, not only can you use BootItNG for 30 days unregistered, you can use
> it
> indefinately if you don't install it, just run it from floppy or cd every
> time (or, I suppose, USB stick - must look into that).
>
> PRF
>
>

If you install the Boot Manager portion of BootItNG the program it is
limited to 30 days. No such warnings appear on the partition management
tools, which does run from a USB stick - 1.81a does

Been a little while since I used it so the instructions are fuzzy.
After you create the boot disk, and boot from the disk, do not install the
program, click cancel or maintenance mode. (You can create a boot disk with
only the management tools on it IIRC).

It's pretty easy to get the gist of managing the partitions from here. Be
warned however, (the last time I used it), it will create an NTFS partition,
but *not* format it.
You don't need to do much, just select, then resize the first partition,
then create a new one in the remaining space. This partition manipulation
will not destroy data, but it is advisable to create a disk image first,
just in case.

When you reboot Windows will tell you it found new hardware. You don't need
to reboot, but can if you want. Go into Disk Management and format the new
partition there.