Partition Hard Drive

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Hi
I have just installed a new hard drive I have set up the operating system,
but did not come accross where to partion the HD. What I wanted was to split
the HD in 2
Is this possible.
Thanks in advance for any help that is given

Sue

 

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You have the operating system installed on the "new" hard drive? The drive
is in one large partition? The drive must now be manipulated (partitioned)
by using a program such as Partition Magic 8.01.

If during the install, you choose to create a partition (smaller than the
size of the hard drive) for the operating system, then you could use the
operating system to partition the remainder of the drive. But to change
(shrink) the size of the Windows partition, and add additional partitions in
the freed up space, you need the above program.

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"sue Davies" <susan.davies1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:RUhxe.15886$11.6456@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> Hi
> I have just installed a new hard drive I have set up the operating system,
> but did not come accross where to partion the HD. What I wanted was to
> split
> the HD in 2
> Is this possible.
> Thanks in advance for any help that is given
>
> Sue
>
>
>

 

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In news:%23aZ457nfFHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Richard Urban <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> typed:

> You have the operating system installed on the "new" hard
> drive? The
> drive is in one large partition? The drive must now be
> manipulated
> (partitioned) by using a program such as Partition Magic 8.01.


Or, since as she said, she *just* installed the drive, she may
want to start over again and reinstall Windows from scratch.
Presuming that there's little or nothing beside the operating
system on the drive, the usual penalties for doing this don't
apply.


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> If during the install, you choose to create a partition
> (smaller than
> the size of the hard drive) for the operating system, then you
> could
> use the operating system to partition the remainder of the
> drive. But
> to change (shrink) the size of the Windows partition, and add
> additional partitions in the freed up space, you need the above
> program.
>
> "sue Davies" <susan.davies1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:RUhxe.15886$11.6456@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi
>> I have just installed a new hard drive I have set up the
>> operating
>> system, but did not come accross where to partion the HD. What
>> I
>> wanted was to split
>> the HD in 2
>> Is this possible.
>> Thanks in advance for any help that is given
>>
>> Sue