Partitioning your hard disk

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Up until Windows XP (and even after) I have always partitioned my hard disk
with FDISK. With the new technology of XP I understand you can now partition
you hard disk within Windows. I would like to hear opinions (or maybe even
concrete facts) as to which way is better. Before alot of you say "Man, XP
all the way!" tell me what happens if you have a hard disk failure and you
cannot reach ANY partitions, or can you? I know that if your C drive had
problems, you could always access the D or subsequent drive in FDISK.
 
James D said:
Up until Windows XP (and even after) I have always partitioned my hard disk
with FDISK. With the new technology of XP I understand you can now partition
you hard disk within Windows. I would like to hear opinions (or maybe even
concrete facts) as to which way is better. Before alot of you say "Man, XP
all the way!" tell me what happens if you have a hard disk failure and you
cannot reach ANY partitions, or can you? I know that if your C drive had
problems, you could always access the D or subsequent drive in FDISK.
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Basically this is not an alternative but you can use FDISK and the
Disk Management parallel. Partitions that have been created on one way
can also be seen and accessed on the other way.
Also see "How to Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard
Against Being Unable to Start Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079).
 
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