Creating a Drive Partition on IBM T-40

[Russ]

My new IBM ThinkPad T-40 came with MS XP Professional
installed. I'd like to partition the hard drive into C
and D (there is a hidden system drive that I assume would
be unaffected, right?). I follow instructions from
Start/Control Panel/Performance &Maintenance/Admin
Tools/Computer Management(Local)/Storage/ Disk Management.
At that point, I'm told the following: "Right-click an
unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New
Partition . . . ." I'm baffled: Where is
this "unallocated region of a basic disk"? Where do I
find it? I've clicked right and left all over the last
screen, which has the upper and lower panes, but I cannot
discover how to fulfill this instruction. Since I'm the
only user, I think I qualify for the
necessary "administrator" rights to do this, but the last
time out of the program I saw something about "other
users." Can anyone help? I'd be grateful.

[Nicholas]

XP's DiskPart utility is only capable of partitioning a hard drive that =
is "empty".
For example, if you were to install a new second drive, DiskPart can be
used to partition and format it. DiskPart cannot segregate current =
files from
free space, therefore, only a sophisticated third-party partitioning =
program
can accomplish this task.

The only way you can delete, create, resize or merge existing =
partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows XP installation, is to use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8
(www.powerquest.com).

Partition Magic Instructional Videos=20
http://www.powerquest.com/support/primus/id2752.cfm


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Nicholas

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"Russ" > wrote in message:
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| My new IBM ThinkPad T-40 came with MS XP Professional=20
| installed. I'd like to partition the hard drive into C=20
| and D (there is a hidden system drive that I assume would=20
| be unaffected, right?). I follow instructions from=20
| Start/Control Panel/Performance &Maintenance/Admin=20
| Tools/Computer Management(Local)/Storage/ Disk Management.
| At that point, I'm told the following: "Right-click an=20
| unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New=20
| Partition . . . ." I'm baffled: Where is=20
| this "unallocated region of a basic disk"? Where do I=20
| find it? I've clicked right and left all over the last=20
| screen, which has the upper and lower panes, but I cannot=20
| discover how to fulfill this instruction. Since I'm the=20
| only user, I think I qualify for the=20
| necessary "administrator" rights to do this, but the last=20
| time out of the program I saw something about "other=20
| users." Can anyone help? I'd be grateful.