Creating Partitions on Wind XP

[Guest David]

Hi,

 

My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is

as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a

NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

 

I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,

Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create

another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me

to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of

free space. How do I solve this problem?

 

Many thanks,

David

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Creating Partitions on Wind XP

 

"David" <dtian.tyson@googlemail.com> wrote in message

news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-ca3dd2d2db74@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is

> as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a

> NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

>

> I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,

> Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create

> another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me

> to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of

> free space. How do I solve this problem?

>

> Many thanks,

> David

 

 

You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable program to

resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the job.

 

Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS Partition

in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322

 

Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk

Director and BootIT NG are available.

 

Norton PartitionMagic 8.0

http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

 

Acronis Disk Director 10.0

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

 

BootIT Next Generation

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest David]

Re: Creating Partitions on Wind XP

 

On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

> "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-ca3dd2d2db74@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > Hi,

>

> > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is

> > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a

> > NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

>

> > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,

> > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create

> > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me

> > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of

> > free space. How do I solve this problem?

>

> > Many thanks,

> > David

>

> You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable program to

> resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the job.

>

> Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS Partition

> in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322

>

> Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk

> Director and BootIT NG are available.

>

> Norton PartitionMagic 8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

>

> Acronis Disk Director 10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

>

> BootIT Next Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

 

Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.

 

David

[Guest PRF]

Re: Creating Partitions on Wind XP

 

 

"David" <dtian.tyson@googlemail.com> wrote in message

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> On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

> > "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

> >

> >

news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-ca3dd2d2db74@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> >

> > > Hi,

> >

> > > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is

> > > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a

> > > NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

> >

> > > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,

> > > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create

> > > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me

> > > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of

> > > free space. How do I solve this problem?

> >

> > > Many thanks,

> > > David

> >

> > You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable

program to

> > resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the

job.

> >

> > Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS

Partition

> > in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322

> >

> > Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of Disk

> > Director and BootIT NG are available.

> >

> > Norton PartitionMagic

8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

> >

> > Acronis Disk Director

10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

> >

> > BootIT Next

Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

> >

> > Good luck

> >

> > Nepatsfan

>

> Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.

>

 

Yes, not only can you use BootItNG for 30 days unregistered, you can use it

indefinately if you don't install it, just run it from floppy or cd every

time (or, I suppose, USB stick - must look into that).

 

PRF

[Guest Onsokumaru]

Re: Creating Partitions on Wind XP

 

 

"PRF" <pastorrodflash@gofsm.net> wrote in message

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>

> "David" <dtian.tyson@googlemail.com> wrote in message

> news:63dbd31c-7f44-4956-b6a1-d7e4db334404@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...

>> On 1 Jul, 19:58, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

>> > "David" <dtian.ty...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

>> >

>> >

> news:443378cf-87c4-4a81-a847-ca3dd2d2db74@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

>> >

>> > > Hi,

>> >

>> > > My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive

>> > > is

>> > > as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a

>> > > NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP.

>> >

>> > > I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However,

>> > > Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create

>> > > another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow

>> > > me

>> > > to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes

>> > > of

>> > > free space. How do I solve this problem?

>> >

>> > > Many thanks,

>> > > David

>> >

>> > You would need an updated version of Partition Magic or a comparable

> program to

>> > resize your partitions. According to this article PM 6.0 won't do the

> job.

>> >

>> > Problems When You Use PowerQuest Partition Magic 6.0 to Resize an NTFS

> Partition

>> > in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308322

>> >

>> > Here are some options you can try. I believe that trial versions of

>> > Disk

>> > Director and BootIT NG are available.

>> >

>> > Norton PartitionMagic

> 8.0http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

>> >

>> > Acronis Disk Director

> 10.0http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

>> >

>> > BootIT Next

> Generationhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

>> >

>> > Good luck

>> >

>> > Nepatsfan

>>

>> Thank you very much for the quick response. I will try soon.

>>

>

> Yes, not only can you use BootItNG for 30 days unregistered, you can use

> it

> indefinately if you don't install it, just run it from floppy or cd every

> time (or, I suppose, USB stick - must look into that).

>

> PRF

>

>

 

If you install the Boot Manager portion of BootItNG the program it is

limited to 30 days. No such warnings appear on the partition management

tools, which does run from a USB stick - 1.81a does

 

Been a little while since I used it so the instructions are fuzzy.

After you create the boot disk, and boot from the disk, do not install the

program, click cancel or maintenance mode. (You can create a boot disk with

only the management tools on it IIRC).

 

It's pretty easy to get the gist of managing the partitions from here. Be

warned however, (the last time I used it), it will create an NTFS partition,

but *not* format it.

You don't need to do much, just select, then resize the first partition,

then create a new one in the remaining space. This partition manipulation

will not destroy data, but it is advisable to create a disk image first,

just in case.

 

When you reboot Windows will tell you it found new hardware. You don't need

to reboot, but can if you want. Go into Disk Management and format the new

partition there.