repartition the hard disk

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hi
i have a laptop with unpartitioned hard disk
it has one c: primary partion of 60 gigs with the windows xp pro OS
i wanted to have another partition for another operating system how is that
possible
I went to disk management but i couln't do it please help me out
thanks
 
I know this may sound like I'm being picky but sometimes correct phrasine is
necessary for better answers.
The term unparitioned is not correct if you already have an operating system
residing on the HD, as it's partitioned as One volume.
if you wish to create another partition on the same volume, windows will not
allow you to do this, as the volume is being used, you will need a third
party piece of software like Partition magic, also be aware changing the
operating system partition may cause you to have to do a repair install, as
XP doesn't like the operating system partition to be changed once the OS has
been installed, but then gain you may wind up just fine, be sure to make
backups of your data just in case.

don't forget your address book and favorites just as an example of things
that need backup.
 
sgopus said:
I know this may sound like I'm being picky but sometimes correct phrasine
is
necessary for better answers.
The term unparitioned is not correct if you already have an operating
system
residing on the HD, as it's partitioned as One volume.
if you wish to create another partition on the same volume, windows will
not
allow you to do this, as the volume is being used, you will need a third
party piece of software like Partition magic, also be aware changing the
operating system partition may cause you to have to do a repair install,
as
XP doesn't like the operating system partition to be changed once the OS
has
been installed, but then gain you may wind up just fine, be sure to make
backups of your data just in case.
Click to expand...

Windows does not object to the size of the partition being
changed while it is inactive, as long as the partition number
remains unchanged (i.e. if Windows was on the first partition
before the resize then its best to still keep it on the first
partition).
 
hi
appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic is money
is there any other option
thanks
 
gursaran said:
hi
appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic is money
is there any other option
thanks
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hi
what if i want to create a partition on another volume i only see drive C:
on my computer is that partition or volume.
do i need to a seperate partition to make my system dualboot or a seperate
volume?
what is the difference between volume and partition?
i am sorry i am just confused please help
thanks
 
gursaran abott said:
appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic
is money is there any other option
Click to expand...

Download a gparted live CD (gparted.sourceforge.net). It takes a bit longer
to boot than PM, and on some systems you have to dumb down the boot options
(try 'lowmem', xvesa 800x600 video), but the price is right (free) and the
GUI is quite similar to PM.
 
Please read the following:

http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/partition.htm

Your current configuration - XP Pro installed on the whole 60G disk has
most likely been done on one primary NTFS partition.

If you want to install another OS, say Linux, boot to a cd that has a
partition manager type program on it. Before you do that make sure
that you have defragged the XP install so that there isn't any important
files in the higher part of the drive. After you boot to the cd, resize
the C: partition to say 30G and save the changes and shutdown the
system. Then get an install cd with Linux on it and when it asks for
the type of install from a partition standpoint just say use the
unpartitioned space. Also make sure the install is "dual boot" friendly
in other words it doesn't damage the mbr or it replaces it properly
with grub. You may have to tweak the boot manager before it all
works properly.

later.....
 
dg1261 said:
Download a gparted live CD (gparted.sourceforge.net). It takes a bit
longer to boot than PM, and on some systems you have to dumb down the boot
options (try 'lowmem', xvesa 800x600 video), but the price is right (free)
and the GUI is quite similar to PM.
Click to expand...
You may also look at partedmagic.com for a free open source .iso file.
 
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