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.

"gursaran abott" wrote:

> 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
 
"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>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.

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

"sgopus" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "gursaran abott" wrote:
>
> > 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
 
Two partition managers but both cost.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/diskdirectorsuite/partitioning.html

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Hope this helps.

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gursaran abott wrote:
> hi
> appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic is
> money is there any other option
> thanks
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> "gursaran abott" wrote:
>>
>>> 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
 
gursaran abott wrote:
> 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

"sgopus" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "gursaran abott" wrote:
>
> > 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
 
"gursaran abott" <gursaranabott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7750643-0910-4CAD-907E-D8A437121B6D@microsoft.com...
> appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic
> is money is there any other option

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.....

"gursaran abott" <gursaranabott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36C97378-040A-449B-B752-E30823BAE60A@microsoft.com...
> 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
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > "gursaran abott" wrote:
> >
> > > 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
 
"dg1261" <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> wrote in message
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>
> "gursaran abott" <gursaranabott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:B7750643-0910-4CAD-907E-D8A437121B6D@microsoft.com...
>> appreciate your concern but do know any freeware, partition magic
>> is money is there any other option
>
> 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.
>
>
>
You may also look at partedmagic.com for a free open source .iso file.
 
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