Creating a second partition

[Guest]

Hi, I'm running Windows XP Home SP2.
I'm wanting to create a logical drive on the already formatted hard disk.
The entire hard disk was given to Windows XP and obviously is given the
letter drive c:.
How can I create a logical drive on this hard disk as it is already
formatted without losing any data?

Cheers

 

[DL]

Only with a third party tool, eg Partition Magic being one such

 

[Keith S]

Only with a third party tool, eg Partition Magic being one such

And even then there's a high risk of losing data. If I were you i'd buy a
second drive.

 

[Guest]

Cheers Keith.
Thought that would be the case but was hoping for a way round it as my drive
is huge and has heaps of space left on it
Thaning you!!!

 

[John R Weiss]

Only with a third party tool, eg Partition Magic being one such

And even then there's a high risk of losing data.

Not true. Though the risk exists, it is not "high." I have created, deleted,
resized, and moved numerous partitions on many computers with Partition Magic,
and have not lost data once. Of all my friends and colleagues who use PM, I
have not heard of one case of data loss.

One way to decrease the risk of data loss (besides the obvious one of backing up
your data) is to run ChkDsk and defragment the drive before starting the
repartitioning (or any other major computer surgery).

 

[Keith S]

Not true. Though the risk exists, it is not "high." I have created,
deleted, resized, and moved numerous partitions on many computers
with Partition Magic, and have not lost data once. Of all my friends
and colleagues who use PM, I have not heard of one case of data loss.

One way to decrease the risk of data loss (besides the obvious one of
backing up your data) is to run ChkDsk and defragment the drive
before starting the repartitioning (or any other major computer
surgery).

Fair enough , if certain precautions are taken then the risk is NOT high but
in inexperienced hands things do go wrong. For the price of PM he can buy a
new drive. But i take you point.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Yes, Partition Magic is a good program but, I use Acronis to keep my PC
safe.
http://www.acronis.com go to Home and Home Office and look at True Image 9.0
Home. I down loaded it and set my partitions, not long after setting up the
program. I am just giving you my homble opinion on a product that works well
for me. I hope this helps you.