What utility can create a new partition?

[firemanacab]

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder. Is
there any free XP utility to do it?

I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs about $50
and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever use it
again.

 

[Malke]

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder.
Is there any free XP utility to do it?

I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs about
$50 and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever use it
again.

You might try the Ranesh partitioner. I have never used it but it has
been around for a long time. BootITNG is not free, but you can download
a fully functional trial version. If you like it, it is fairly
inexpensive.

Malke

 

[Kerry Brown]

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder. Is
there any free XP utility to do it?

I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs about $50
and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever use it
again.

Start --> Help and support --> type in Disk Partition --> read how to do it.

Kerry

 

[Bob I]

Start, Help and Support, Disk Management should get you where you need
to be.

 

[Jon]

start > run > diskmgmt.msc

Right-click spare space > format /delete etc

Jon

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can partition, format and assign a drive letter through Disk Management
Start|Run|diskmgmt.msc


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|I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
| installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder. Is
| there any free XP utility to do it?
|
| I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs about $50
| and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever use it
| again.
|

 

[News Reader]

I think it "ranish" and not "ranesh"...

You might try the Ranesh partitioner. I have never used it but it has
been around for a long time. BootITNG is not free, but you can download
a fully functional trial version. If you like it, it is fairly
inexpensive.

Malke
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[Ken Blake]

In

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs
and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the
remainder.
Is there any free XP utility to do it?

I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs
about
$50 and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever
use it
again.

You have 5GB of unpartitioned space? You don't need any special
utility, since XP provides this capability. Go to Start | Run and
type diskmgmt.msc.

However, if you have an XP partition that's only 7G, I think it's
far too little. You may be OK now, but as you install more
software, you'll start to feel the pinch. I wouldn't want to use
any less than the full 12GB (or even more) for an XP partition.

Unfortunately if you take my advice above, you can't change what
you've already created with diskmgmt. No version of Windows
provides any way of changing the existing partition structure of
the drive nondestructively. The only way to do what you want is
with third-party software. Partition Magic is the best-known such
program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such
program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with
a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want
within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself, but it comes
highly recommended by several other MVPs here.

 

[John R Weiss]

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder. Is
there any free XP utility to do it?

Disk Manager, part of XP.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I have a 12 GB hard disk with a partition created for 7 gigs and XP
installed on it. I want to create a new partition for the remainder. Is
there any free XP utility to do it?

I dont want to use something like partition magic as it costs about $50
and that is too much for a single task. I likely won't ever use it
again.

Rt-clk on My Computer, select Manage, select Disk Management.
In the graphic representation of space on the chosen hard drive,
rt-clk on Unallocated space. Choose New Partition and follow the
wizard.

*TimDaniels*