Partitioning in Windows XP Prof

[Jim]

I am already running Windows XP and would like to
Partition my drive without having to format the entire
drive. How do I do it?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows XP installation, is to use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8
(www.powerquest.com).

Partition Magic Instructional Videos
http://www.powerquest.com/support/primus/id3709.cfm


Otherwise, a "clean install" will be required.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am already running Windows XP and would like to
| Partition my drive without having to format the entire
| drive. How do I do it?

 

[Jim]

That's what I thought, but was hoping XP would have a
way to do it without a third party software.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jim,

As Carey mentions, you cannot do this non-destructively with the drive tools
supplied with Windows. You need to do this with third-party partitioning
utility. Here are several:

Partitioning programs:

BootIT NG www.terabyteunlimited.com
Partition Magic www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic
Partition Commander http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html
Ranish Partition Manager http://www.ranish.com/part/

Keep in mind that also relatively safe, any partition work carries with it
some potential for disaster. Please backup anything you do not wish to lose
to floppy or CD before employing any partitioning utility.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I am already running Windows XP and would like to
Partition my drive without having to format the entire
drive. How do I do it?

Using native Windows facilities, there is no way to change the
existing partition structure of your drive non-destructively. To
do so requires a third-party program such as Partition magic.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am already running Windows XP and would like to
Partition my drive without having to format the entire
drive.

You need third party software. Either Partition Magic 8, or I would use
BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30 day full
functional trial)