Fdisk & partitions

[Martin ©¿©¬]

Greetings

I'm gonna have to format my hard drive & do a new install from the XP
CD. A repair install won't do as my partitions got banjaxed during a
partition re-size using Partition Magic. There was a power cut and
although my data is still there PM can no longer do partition work and
my C: drive is only 6G. I'm in the process of saving my important data
I haven't done this before or used fdisk
During the format process I'd like to make 2 partitions
One 30gig & the remainder as another

Can anyone guide me through this process & tell me what to do & when
to do it please? I'm assuming there'll be information/prompt screens.

Martin
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[Test User]

Greetings

I'm gonna have to format my hard drive & do a new install from the XP
CD. A repair install won't do as my partitions got banjaxed during a
partition re-size using Partition Magic. There was a power cut and
although my data is still there PM can no longer do partition work and
my C: drive is only 6G. I'm in the process of saving my important data
I haven't done this before or used fdisk
During the format process I'd like to make 2 partitions
One 30gig & the remainder as another

Can anyone guide me through this process & tell me what to do & when
to do it please? I'm assuming there'll be information/prompt screens.

Martin
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First, you use Diskpart, not fdisk with XP; however during setup you do not
use it directly. And you do not create partitions during the format
process - format comes after creating partitions. Neither diskpart or fdisk
perform formatting functions.


Boot with the XP CD and proceed to teh 'normal" full setup. When it starts
asking you about the destination, that is where you select the drive, and
have the option of deleting and rebuilding partitions (you cannot resize
them). Then, you proceed to the format portion.

HTH
-pk

 

[MGGP]

Early in the Windows install process there will be an
option to re-size the disk however you like. Easier to do
it this way than to use FDISK if you're not familiar with
it . . .

 

[MGGP]

I used the word "re-size" loosely. Yes you have to delete
and re-create partitions in the Windows setup. But you
can also use a Win98 boot diskette and FDISK to partition
hard drives for WinXP - I do it all the time and have
never had ONE problem . . .

 

[Test User]

I used the word "re-size" loosely. Yes you have to delete
and re-create partitions in the Windows setup. But you
can also use a Win98 boot diskette and FDISK to partition
hard drives for WinXP - I do it all the time and have
never had ONE problem . . .

That assumes, however, that one has the necessary disks to get fdisk; it's
not always present on stock Win9x boot disks, again assuming that the OP has
such a thing.

IIRC you must use fdisk if you wish to create a FAT32 partition greater than
about 40 gig, as diskpart will only allow NTFS over this size.

HTH
-pk

 

[SlowJet]

The Windows XP CD (slipstremed to the correct version) has eveything needed
to to install, repair, and manage disk partitions.

Do not use fidisk, DOS, or FAT32 with Win XP boot partition.
No computer expert would tell you to use FAT32 on a Windows XP system / Boot
partition. The ones spoting such stuff know nothing about file systems and
Windows XP security or how to manage a real computer system. They are
schools boys from the 90's, hobbists, gamers, broken toy addicts, and not
very smart.

SJ

 

[Alex Nichol]

I'm gonna have to format my hard drive & do a new install from the XP
CD. A repair install won't do as my partitions got banjaxed during a
partition re-size using Partition Magic. There was a power cut and
although my data is still there PM can no longer do partition work and
my C: drive is only 6G. I'm in the process of saving my important data
I haven't done this before or used fdisk
During the format process I'd like to make 2 partitions
One 30gig & the remainder as another

Can anyone guide me through this process & tell me what to do & when
to do it please? I'm assuming there'll be information/prompt screens.

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partitions and make a new RAW one, of the size you want for C:
to be formatted at the next stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one

Once the system is up and running, make your other partition; Control
Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and
look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated
space and Create Partition

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD

direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partitions and make a new RAW one, of the size you want for C:
to be formatted at the next stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one

Once the system is up and running, make your other partition; Control
Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and
look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated
space and Create Partition

Thanks Alex
Regards
Martin
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