XP Partition

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Roger,

You need a third party solution to repartition the drive without destroying
the existing installation.

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/

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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

 

[Cindy Winegarden]

In news: (e-mail address removed),

I recently bought a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop. It has P 2.66, 256M
and 80G hard disk, with XP and some other software installed.
However, only one logical drive which would be inconvenient for me to
organize my files. I want to re-format then partition the disk into 3
or four logical drives. How do I realize this purpose?

Hi Roger,

I'm not an OS person but -

Rick mentioned using third-party software to repartition without losing any
of the current installation. However, if you're willing to reformat (wipe
out and reinstall everything) then you can do this as part of the reinstall
process, as long as your Dell Windows CD is a full Windows install CD (mine
were). Set your BIOS to boot from a CD, put your Dell-supplied Windows CD in
the drive, and restart the machine. and go from there.

 

[hustedj]

When you boot up to the CD and remove the current partition, create a new
partition to the size you want for your C drive and after windows is
installed, right click on my computer and go to manage and then disk
management and there you will see what disk space you have left and you can
then create new partitions from the available disk space.

I hope this helps

thanks

 

[Norm]

Roger, while your fixing things, fix your date.

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

BootIt NG is my favorite, but I wouldn't create more than two NTFS
partitions if I am only booting one instance of Windows.

Move your My Documents, downloads, and other user data to the D:
partition and save your registry key changes somewhere on D: so you can
redo them if you have to reinstall XP on the C: drive. Keep your apps on
C: since you have to reinstall them anyway if you reinstall Windows.

 

[Roger]

Dear all:
I recently bought a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop. It has P 2.66, 256M and 80G
hard disk, with XP and some other software installed. However, only one
logical drive which would be inconvenient for me to organize my files. I
want to re-format then partition the disk into 3 or four logical drives. How
do I realize this purpose?

Appreciate you valuable help!

Roger

 

[werner stern]

My apologies for adding my 2 cents:

I would like to move my documents to drive D: as well. How do I do it and
still keep control of the system?

Your help appreciated.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Open Windows Explorer, right-click the "My Documents" folder and choose
properties. Change the target line to "D:\My Documents" and click apply/ok.

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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