Creating New Partition

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I am trying to create a new partition without going through the lengthy
process of a complete and total reinstall.
The Help File shows the following:
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?

Computer Management (Local)
Storage
Disk Management

Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New
Partition,
or right-click free space in an extended partition, and then click New
Logical Drive.
In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, click Primary partition, Extended
partition,
or Logical drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen.
Notes

To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click
Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
group in
order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a
network, network
policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives
only
on basic disks. You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes
if this
computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium
Edition,
Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition.
On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary
partitions,
or three primary partitions and one extended partition.
On a GUID partition table (GPT) disk, you can create up to 128 primary
partitions.

I have followed these recommendations but there is no "New Partition" or
"Free space" in the drop down menu.
I have also tried the command prompt option and finish with cmd instrutions
as published but they are not recognised by the CMD PROMPT>

Any suggestions??
 
Unless you already have unpartitioned space on your hard disk, the only
way to create a new partition without a clean install is to use
third-party software. Look at Symantec Partition Magic or Acronis Disk
Director.
 
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