hard drive problems- partitions

[stuart1512]

  hi everybod, i just joined yeay

im having a bit of trouble, im using MSW XP and want to add another partition to my mard drive, i looked on the internet and 'help and support centre' i found this;

diskpart/add\device\harddisk0 20

my hard drive is called 'Hard drive' lol an im wanting to put a partition of 6144 MB

i tried putting this into what i found as

diskpart/add\device\Hard Disk 6144 but my console is saying 'diskpart was unable to process the parameters

can anyone help please, thanks in advance

[stuart1512]

P.S. i dont want to remove XP to do it if it is possible to do while running please

[patio]

Why not use a free tool such as gParted or Paragon's Free partition manager ? ?

Make sure you backup any important data...even though they all claim to be able to do it without harming your Windows install doo-doo happens...

[stuart1512]

i didnt know but if i can i would like to not download stuff, its another laptop that dont have the internet, so i would if possible like to do in the command console thing

[stuart1512]

can anyone help me??

[patio]

I did.
Don't you have USB ports ? ?
You can DLoad either on another machine and save them to a USB stick and then install them on the laptop that way...

[stuart1512]

i dont wana use any other 3rd party programs, i just wana add a 6Gb partition to my drive using windows comand prompt

[stuart1512]

i got a bit further now, i been asked to put either a primary, extended or logical partition, which is which- i want one that acts like my original C: where i can see it in My Computer and use it to store files

[PCCert]

You want the extended partition. Search disk partitions and find Wikipedia's explanation. Then you'll figure it out.

[stuart1512]

i looked at wiki, and didnt find the answer

[Karnac]

Watch this video for a better understanding of partitions.

http://www.professormesser.com/2009/01/07/working-with-disk-partitions-and-file-systems/