Help me partition!

[Guest]

I'm trying to create a new aprtiton in my HD to accommodate Vista Premiun
(full installation) and am So lost! When I try to follw the instructions, it
tells me to click on any unallocated space and select creat a new partition.
I've clicked all over the place and can't get this message! HELP!!!!

 

[John Inzer]

I'm trying to create a new aprtiton in my HD to accommodate Vista
Premiun (full installation) and am So lost! When I try to follw the
instructions, it tells me to click on any unallocated space and
select creat a new partition. I've clicked all over the place and
can't get this message! HELP!!!!

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You may need to reduce the size of
your Primary Active partition to create
some unallocated space.

I used Acronis Disk Director Suite 10
to accomplish this but there are other
options such as the app. mentioned
in the following article.

How to dual-boot Vista with XP -
step-by-step guide with screenshots
http://tinyurl.com/ysh8hy

Gnome Partition Editor
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Once you have the unallocated space
available...you may need to enter your
BIOS and change the boot order so
you can boot from the Vista disk. From
that point just follow the onscreen
instructions.

The following links may be useful also:

Dual-Booting Vista and XP
http://www.windowstalk.org/dual_boot_vista.htm

Dual-Booting Vista and XP (Part
2)http://www.windowstalk.org/dual_boot_part2.htm

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php


--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Don]

I'm trying to create a new aprtiton in my HD to accommodate Vista Premiun
(full installation) and am So lost! When I try to follw the instructions, it
tells me to click on any unallocated space and select creat a new partition.
I've clicked all over the place and can't get this message! HELP!!!!

Are you using an existing version of Windows to create the partition, or
the Vista install DVD? I'm looking at a screen in the Vista install DVD
which asks "Where do you want to install Windows?" and lists all of my
existing partitions followed by a block of space which is clearly marked
as 'unallocated'.

Are you seeing something different?

 

[Guest]

I was trying to create a new partition before installing Vista.....thought I
had made that clear, but I geuss not. Thank you for the info! I hadn't
attempted to install yet as I thought I'd have to create a partition 1st, but
now know that Vista will take care of that for me! Thanks again!