hard drive partitioning

[Jimmy]

My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have an
Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk

XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a 5 G
"D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" drive an
possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external drive fo
storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP with n
suces

How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDISK ????

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Partition Magic 8
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| My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have any
| Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk.
|
| XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a 5 GB
| "D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" drive and
| possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external drive for
| storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP with no
| sucess
|
| How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDISK ?????

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have any
Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk.

XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a 5 GB
"D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" drive and
possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external drive for
storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP with no
sucess

How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDISK ?????

It's just as well that WinXP does not offer fdisk.exe - it would
destroy your existing partitions while doing its job!

Acronis Disk Director is another product you could use to
repartition your disk.

 

[Guest]

you could also use disk manager that is built in to xp

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Does the WinXP disk manager allow you to resize
existing partitions? Non-destructively?

 

[Jimmy]

Pegasus (MVP)wrote

My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have an
Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk

XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a G
"D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" driv an
possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external driv fo
storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP wit n
suces

How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDISK ????

It's just as well that WinXP does not offer fdisk.exe - it woul
destroy your existing partitions while doing its job

Acronis Disk Director is another product you could use t
repartition your disk.[/quote:1354f6d468

Hypothetically, If I were installing XP on an existing partitione
hard drive...would it not attempt to install itself onto drive "c" n
matter what size it was??? Therefore why can't I partition the har
drive before reinstalling the restoration disk???

 

[Jimmy]

Carey Frisch [MVP]wrote
"]Partition Magic

http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic

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Microsoft MV
Windows XP - Shell/Use
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Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.msp

because of the software being preinstalled??? I am understanding
other information which I have read, that partitioning is actuall
controllable within a full version of windows XP??????...I seem t
have read in several other documents, that the partitioning i
accomplished with the "set up" portion of the instillation proces
contained on Disk #1 of the XP program ????

| My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have an
| Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk
|
| XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a G
| "D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" driv an
| possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external driv fo
| storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP wit n
| suces
|
| How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDIS

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[Jimmy]

Carey Frisch [MVP]wrote
"]Partition Magic

http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic

--
Carey Frisc
Microsoft MV
Windows XP - Shell/Use
Microsoft Newsgroup

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.msp

windows, and have had conflicts with it and defrag and dis
utilities...Is Ver 8 immune to these types of conflicts ???

 

[Jimmy]

Ralph Devlinwrote
you could also use disk manager that is built in to x

My new computer came with XP preinstalled. So I do not have an
Windows Disks. I was only able to create a recovery disk

XP partitioned my 40 GB hard drive into a 37 gb "C" drive and a G
"D" drive. I want a smaller "C" drive and increase the "D" driv an
possibly add a small "E" drive. I will be using an external driv fo
storage. I have attempted to find the "Set up" portion of XP wit n
suces

How do I partition, since XP does not offer FDISK ????


I have attempted to use the disk manager...It allowed me to delet

the logical drive "D", But would not allow access to the primar
drive "C"..My guess was because it was active...and I could no
figure out how to inactivate the primary partition....

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[Ron Martell]

Hypothetically, If I were installing XP on an existing partitioned
hard drive...would it not attempt to install itself onto drive "c" no
matter what size it was??? Therefore why can't I partition the hard
drive before reinstalling the restoration disk????

If your Windows XP is on a "system recovery" CD provided by the
computer manufacturer then these typically do a total "slash and burn"
operation by deleting all repeat all of the existing partitions on the
hard drive, creating a new single partition, and then putting a clean
copy of the Windows XP factory image onto that partition.

Good luck


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