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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Rob_B on September 28, 2006, 04:34:55 AM
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Under 'Create a Partition or Logical Drive' on Windows Help and Support, it says to go into Disk Management and "Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition".
Problem is, I don't have an unallocated region of basic disk to work with. How can I rectify this?
Currently, I just have C on my computer, but on my old one (which I didn't set up myself) I had F, E and G as well and I want to have the same again.
Thanks,
Rob :)
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You can't. You probably used everything to install Windows XP and if you want to repartition, you'll have to reformat or use Partition Magic(click) (http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80)
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Actually, I may have another solution. Partition magic will work, but it's not cheap. There is another program besides to partition magic though that will allow you to non-destructively re-size a partition and t is totally free (I like free :) ), HOWEVER I have not yet tried this program, so progress at your own risk. I may have time tonight to throw together a spare PC and try a partition re-size, so I'll see if I can post my results and a walk through of specific steps then. But, if you want to go ahead and download the program and burn it to a CD to get ready, here's what you do:
The program I am speaking of is called gparted live cd. All you have to do is download the ISO, or zipped ISO from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=173828 and then burn the ISO to a CD.
If you have never burned an ISO disk image please tell us and we'll walk you through the process as it's a bit different than just burning a normal cd. Also, you will need to make sure your PC will boot from the CD-ROM drive. Again, if you have no idea what I am talking about just let us know and we'll explain.
Anyway, I'll see if I can get around to testing this program out later on tonight.
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Gnome Parted is great, and does what is says on the tin. Some familiarity with Linux is a huge bonus though, because it uses Linux conventions when describing hard drives, partitions, etc.