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HOW DO I CREATE A PARTITION IN XP PRO

IV'E READ THE XP HELP ON HOW TO DO IT AND UNDERSTAND IT
BUT SOMETHING IS MISSING.

AT STEP 3, IT SAYS'' RIGHT CLICK.................AND THEN
CLICK NEW PARTITION'' ,BUT WHEN I DO THAT I GET ''CONVERT
TO DYNAMIC
DISK,HELP ,PROPERTIES '' '' ,OPEN,EXPLORE,CHANGE
DRIVE LETTER AND PATHS ,PROPERTIES ,HELP, ''
FORMAT AND DELETE PARTITION AND MARK PARTITION AS ACTIVE
IS GRAYED OUT.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE OPTION '' NEW PARTITION ''
OR EVEN'' NEW LOGICAL DRIVE''
 
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 use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| HOW DO I CREATE A PARTITION IN XP PRO
|
| IV'E READ THE XP HELP ON HOW TO DO IT AND UNDERSTAND IT
| BUT SOMETHING IS MISSING.
|
| AT STEP 3, IT SAYS'' RIGHT CLICK.................AND THEN
| CLICK NEW PARTITION'' ,BUT WHEN I DO THAT I GET ''CONVERT
| TO DYNAMIC
| DISK,HELP ,PROPERTIES '' '' ,OPEN,EXPLORE,CHANGE
| DRIVE LETTER AND PATHS ,PROPERTIES ,HELP, ''
| FORMAT AND DELETE PARTITION AND MARK PARTITION AS ACTIVE
| IS GRAYED OUT.
|
| SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE OPTION '' NEW PARTITION ''
| OR EVEN'' NEW LOGICAL DRIVE''
 
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