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philo
sri said:
you can use Partition Magic
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Guest
hello all,
i have recently bought a dell laptop with 100gb hard disk.i did not recive
any system restore disks wid it.i have xp professional sp2 installed on the
laptop.
now i want to partition the hard disk into three partitions
C:20 gb
D:40gb
E:40gb
is there a way to do it with out using third party softwares? or are there
any free soft wares which allow me to do it?
how do i create a copy of the xp professional OS for the future?
please help me wid this thanks
i have recently bought a dell laptop with 100gb hard disk.i did not recive
any system restore disks wid it.i have xp professional sp2 installed on the
laptop.
now i want to partition the hard disk into three partitions
C:20 gb
D:40gb
E:40gb
is there a way to do it with out using third party softwares? or are there
any free soft wares which allow me to do it?
how do i create a copy of the xp professional OS for the future?
please help me wid this thanks
M
Malke
sri said:hello all,
i have recently bought a dell laptop with 100gb hard disk.i did not
recive any system restore disks wid it.i have xp professional sp2
installed on the laptop.
now i want to partition the hard disk into three partitions
C:20 gb
D:40gb
E:40gb
is there a way to do it with out using third party softwares? or are
there any free soft wares which allow me to do it?
how do i create a copy of the xp professional OS for the future?
please help me wid this thanks
You will need to contact Dell for instructions how to create a recovery
disk. Do nothing until you have done this. Your next step will depend
on 1) whether you can create a recovery disk; or 2) assuming you are
able to create one, whether the Dell recovery disk is an image of the
operating system or the operating system itself. You should ask Dell
that question.
If the recovery disk is just an image, then you would need to purchase a
retail copy of XP in order to create the partitions during the
operating system clean installation (starting over).
You cannot partition the drive natively without destroying the data. You
need third-party software to do a non-destructive partitioning job now
(Partition Magic, BootIT NG for ex.), but I wouldn't just plunge
blindly into this without having your data backed up and either the
recovery disk/retail operating system in reserve.
Malke
M
Manny Borges
I know its really none of my business, but I am extremely biased against
multiple partitions of a single volume.
So I have to ask, why? Why do you want to chop a perfectly good large
storage area into a bunch of tiny partitions?
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
multiple partitions of a single volume.
So I have to ask, why? Why do you want to chop a perfectly good large
storage area into a bunch of tiny partitions?
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
G
Guest
Dear Manny,
it wud just be easy for me to defragment the partitions and i just want to
keep my data and programs seperate.
sri
it wud just be easy for me to defragment the partitions and i just want to
keep my data and programs seperate.
sri
G
Guest
will find out abt the OS thanks for the help.
Malke said:You will need to contact Dell for instructions how to create a recovery
disk. Do nothing until you have done this. Your next step will depend
on 1) whether you can create a recovery disk; or 2) assuming you are
able to create one, whether the Dell recovery disk is an image of the
operating system or the operating system itself. You should ask Dell
that question.
If the recovery disk is just an image, then you would need to purchase a
retail copy of XP in order to create the partitions during the
operating system clean installation (starting over).
You cannot partition the drive natively without destroying the data. You
need third-party software to do a non-destructive partitioning job now
(Partition Magic, BootIT NG for ex.), but I wouldn't just plunge
blindly into this without having your data backed up and either the
recovery disk/retail operating system in reserve.
Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
R
Ravi Verma
Hi,
If you have done all your backup and if you have the Windows XP cd with you
then you can completly erase the existing partitions and recreate partitions
according to your need with the windows XP cd itself. Boot the computer with
windows XP CD and follow onscreen instructions.
If you don't want to delete the drive containing Windows XP but you want to
delete other drives and recreate them then you can do this by using windows
XP's disk management utility.
If you don't want to erase complete hard disk and want to recreate the
partions then you will have to use some software like Partition Magic,
unfortunately Partition Magic is not a free software.
If you have done all your backup and if you have the Windows XP cd with you
then you can completly erase the existing partitions and recreate partitions
according to your need with the windows XP cd itself. Boot the computer with
windows XP CD and follow onscreen instructions.
If you don't want to delete the drive containing Windows XP but you want to
delete other drives and recreate them then you can do this by using windows
XP's disk management utility.
If you don't want to erase complete hard disk and want to recreate the
partions then you will have to use some software like Partition Magic,
unfortunately Partition Magic is not a free software.
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