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2006-08-11 02:56:02
Dingarth
Member
+17|6894|Australia
May be a stupid question....i've actually done it on older computers but....

I just got my new computer and the i forgot to tell them to partition the drive.....I now have a 250gig c: drive.

How do I repartition the drive?

I know you probably have to format? How?

I am running XP home.

Thanks in advance!
2006-08-11 03:10:55
joker3327
=IBF2=
+305|6900|Cheshire. UK
Right click on My computer ....select manage.........under storage click disk managment!

You can partition and format from there

Last edited by joker3327 (2006-08-11 03:11:32)

2006-08-11 03:15:16
--->[Your]Phobia<---
Member
+35|7058|UK - England

Dingarth wrote:

May be a stupid question....i've actually done it on older computers but....

I just got my new computer and the i forgot to tell them to partition the drive.....I now have a 250gig c: drive.

How do I repartition the drive?

I know you probably have to format? How?

I am running XP home.

Thanks in advance!
Is this your primary drive i.e where windows is installed onto?
If so you cant create partitions from windows using disk management, you have to format your PC and create extra partitions OR you can install partition magic - this software allows you to create partitions in windows environment.
2006-08-11 07:08:37
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|7038|Salt Lake City

As noted by Phobia, you will need a third party app like Partition Magic to make partitions on a system that already has Windows installed on it.  Or, as also noted, you can insert your XP CD and boot to it.  When you get to where it shows you the partition on the drive, delete and then make a new one, which will become the primary partition, specifying to use only the amount of the drive you want for the primary partition.  Once Windows is installed you can use the Windows disk management system to, from within Windows, to create additional partition(s) from the unused space.
2006-08-11 07:10:18
HM1{N}
Member
+86|6946|East Coast via Los Angeles, CA
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/pr … kdirector/

Better product.
2006-08-11 07:11:37
-=AudigyXi=-
Member
+18|6958
Dont forget u can do the partition first and then format, it wont affect the partition.
2006-08-12 05:48:22
Dingarth
Member
+17|6894|Australia
Thanks guys. Ive reformatted. I don't know how people recommend the spring clean. Took me five hours to redo all applications, drivers, bf2 etc.....no I'm tired!!!!!

 

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