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mrsboss   08-14-2006 at 09:30:42 PM

Is there any way to setup extra partitions on my 250 gb hard disk witout having to format the harddrive? :)

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PCcashCow   08-14-2006 at 09:38:55 PM
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Look for Partition Magic :D

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mrsboss   08-14-2006 at 09:41:12 PM
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theres no other way to do this within windows xp or a free utility?

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PCcashCow   08-14-2006 at 09:51:20 PM
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I don't know about free utilities, but Partition Magic and create volumes within the OS.

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The_Prophecy   08-15-2006 at 05:25:45 AM
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No, this cannot be done from any utility built into Windows XP, and I have not heard of any free programs which do this either.

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PCcashCow   08-15-2006 at 02:35:12 PM
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I thought PM allowed unallocated space to be managed into volumes without touching the OS? Similar to diskpart in iscsi? Guess I read it wrong but the GUI seems to allow OS manipulation.

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nashbar50   08-15-2006 at 03:14:41 PM
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If you got a seagate Hard drive you can use this in windows to add partitions.

http://www.seagate.com/support/dis [...] scwiz.html

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PCcashCow   08-15-2006 at 04:02:37 PM
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I don't think that tool applies to the question. We are looking for a utility that adds partitions to a system, not just a drive.

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kitchenshark   08-15-2006 at 04:42:48 PM
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Just don't use partitions!

Speaking from many *PAINFUL* experiences, just don't use partitions. Maybe you'll have better luck with your partitions, BUT... EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY PARTITON ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED WITHIN A MONTH!

I don't know what it is, even when using commercial partitioning software. Every time I've tried partitions on any hard drive; the file system collapses and I lose every bit of data on the drive. Nothing wrong with the drives themselves, they've all worked afterward as a single partition... This has happened with Seagates, WD, Maxtors, every drive I've tried over the past 3-5 years.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

EDIT: I should mention that this was all within Microsoft products. In Linux none of my partitions have ever failed. =) I would be running Linux still but I'm an avid gamer, need my games too bad.

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lcdguy   08-15-2006 at 05:08:54 PM
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that would depend. if you have say 100 GB free you could resize the hd so the windows partion would be 150 gb and remainder 100GB would be unallocated space. Then in windows disk management you could make an additional partition.

Now to do this for free you cuold do the following.

download either Knoppix or the new Ubuntu/Kubuntu live/install cd's

once the live cd loads you can use the partitioning software included in the live cd's (normally it's qtparted)

i have done this at home to allow me to install linux on my system once it write the changes to the disk reboot and load windows, and you should be good to go.

Note: this process can take a while (my resize took 45 minutes) so wait for it to finish since if you interrupt it you could really mess the drive up.

Thats my free solution other than something like this would need something like Partition Magic or Acronis Parition software.

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maury73   08-15-2006 at 05:12:45 PM
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Use Partition Magic or a Linux liveCD, but backup ALL the data in existent partition: repartitioning of a FAT32 or NTFS partition is very unsecure.

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Scarchunk   08-15-2006 at 05:49:54 PM
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As others have said Partition Magic can create partitions non-destructively and is your best bet, but also not free. Partition Logic is a free program that boots outside of Windows and supposedly can create partitions non-destructively like PM. Currently it won't work with USB mice though. Never tried it and not sure how I feel about a free partitioning tool, but if your willing to risk your data, here you go.

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html

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PCcashCow   08-15-2006 at 07:19:24 PM
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I saw Partition Logic too, does anyone here have experience with it?

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Scarchunk   08-15-2006 at 07:48:44 PM
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I was going to play around with it until I read that it currently doesn't support USB mice.(No PS/2 lying around) Maybe a new release will fix that. I've heard that it works and Paul Thurrott suggests using it on his Vista website for a dual-boot setup when XP is already installed.

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