RE-Partitioning boot drive c

[Guest]

I am out of town and don't have access to my copy of Windows XP. I am
working on a computer that has 1 hard drive but 2 partition. I use Casper XP
3.0 to clone the hard drive to a removable hard drive. So I am not worried
about losing data. I need partition the drive as one whole partition. Then
I can ghost back from the removable hard drive and my Windows XP will work.
I do this all the time but I usually have the Windows XP disk and run setup
to set the partition. However, I didn't plan to do this - so I don't have a
copy of Windows XP. This is a Sony computer and everything was already
loaded and nobody can find the original disk. I know I can do this using the
"diskpart" command. But is has been a while and don't seemed to have the
correct Syntax of the command. I can get into diskpart - get the help
commands - select c drive but I am doing something wrong. If somebody has
the correct steps I would appreciate the help. I will be leaving Houston
tomorrow to go back to New Orleans.

Thanks very much in Advance

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

XP's DiskPart utility is capable of only partitioning a hard drive that is empty
or has "unallocated" free space.
For example, if you were to install a new second drive, DiskPart can be
used to partition and format it. DiskPart cannot segregate current files from
free space, therefore, only a sophisticated third-party partitioning program,
such as Partition Magic 8 , can be used with a drive that already has Windows XP
installed.

The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows installation, is to purchase and use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8.
http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/

The alternative is to perform a "clean install" of Windows XP:

How to Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313348&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I am out of town and don't have access to my copy of Windows XP. I am
| working on a computer that has 1 hard drive but 2 partition. I use Casper XP
| 3.0 to clone the hard drive to a removable hard drive. So I am not worried
| about losing data. I need partition the drive as one whole partition. Then
| I can ghost back from the removable hard drive and my Windows XP will work.
| I do this all the time but I usually have the Windows XP disk and run setup
| to set the partition. However, I didn't plan to do this - so I don't have a
| copy of Windows XP. This is a Sony computer and everything was already
| loaded and nobody can find the original disk. I know I can do this using the
| "diskpart" command. But is has been a while and don't seemed to have the
| correct Syntax of the command. I can get into diskpart - get the help
| commands - select c drive but I am doing something wrong. If somebody has
| the correct steps I would appreciate the help. I will be leaving Houston
| tomorrow to go back to New Orleans.
|
| Thanks very much in Advance