Partitioning after XP install?

[Kenny]

Can it be done from within XP after OS install or do I need something like
Partition Magic? Have seen posts from people having problems with PM in XP
and NTFS formatted drives.

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Kenny

"My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!"

[Michael Stevens]

Kenny wrote:
> Can it be done from within XP after OS install or do I need something
> like Partition Magic? Have seen posts from people having problems
> with PM in XP and NTFS formatted drives.

You can only partition unallocated space from XP without losing data. If you
need to resized the partition to make space then you will need
partititioning software.
BootIT NG from Terabyte
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
PartitionMagic from PowerQuest
http://www.powerquest.com/
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

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[Kenny]

Thanks for the reply, I've used PM quite often in Win98 but was a bit unsure
of using it with XP and NTFS.

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Kenny

"My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!"

"Michael Stevens" > wrote in message
...
> Kenny wrote:
> > Can it be done from within XP after OS install or do I need something
> > like Partition Magic? Have seen posts from people having problems
> > with PM in XP and NTFS formatted drives.
>
> You can only partition unallocated space from XP without losing data. If
you
> need to resized the partition to make space then you will need
> partititioning software.
> BootIT NG from Terabyte
> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
> PartitionMagic from PowerQuest
> http://www.powerquest.com/
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>
> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
>
> http://michaelstevenstech.com
>
>
>

[Donald L McDaniel]

In article >,
says...
> Thanks for the reply, I've used PM quite often in Win98 but was a bit unsure
> of using it with XP and NTFS.
>
>
Don't forget to use Partition Magic 8.0 or later if you will be
repartitioning an NTFS volume, or creating NTFS volumes, since versions prior
to 8.0 are not compatible with XP's version of NTFS.

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[Bill Martin]

> Don't forget to use Partition Magic 8.0 or later if you will be
> repartitioning an NTFS volume, or creating NTFS volumes, since versions prior
> to 8.0 are not compatible with XP's version of NTFS.

Actually the box for 7.0 specifically says it works with XP and NTFS. Also
I've successfully used 7.0 (plus patches from the web) with no problems.

Bill