Partitioning drive

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Can someone please tell me my options for partitioning an _existing_
WinXP install, to go from one partition (c:) to two or three
partitions?

What software will allow me to do this?

TIA Ric
 
Can someone please tell me my options for partitioning an _existing_
WinXP install, to go from one partition (c:) to two or three
partitions?

What software will allow me to do this?
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This can be done at the time XP is installed using the tools on the
installation. To do this after the fact 3rd party software is needed such
as BootIt NG (free 30 day full featured trial version) from Terabyte
Unlimited, Partition Magic from Symantec and Acronis Disk Director from
Acronis.
 
Can someone please tell me my options for partitioning an _existing_
WinXP install, to go from one partition (c:) to two or three
partitions?

What software will allow me to do this?
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Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista 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 (because I've never
needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by
several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.
 
You've never heard of Google?
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Actually the first thing I did was Google this but I didn't come up
with the answer on the first couple of pages, so I figured I'd stop
here next.
 
This can be done at the time XP is installed using the tools on the
installation. To do this after the fact 3rd party software is needed such
as BootIt NG (free 30 day full featured trial version) from Terabyte
Unlimited, Partition Magic from Symantec and Acronis Disk Director from
Acronis.
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Thanks Rock!
It would be after the fact. I'll check out the software you mentioned.

Ric
 
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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 (because I've never
needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by
several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.
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Thanks Ken for your help!

Ric
 
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