partitions

[zach]

I cannot figure out how to partition my hard drive. I
have tried the Microsoft Knowledge Database and the
instructions there did not work. The general 'Help' in
Windows itself gave the same instructions, which did not
work. I have Windows XP Pro. Anyone figure out how to
do this?

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Unless you have available free space on your system, that is unpartitioned
free space, you cannot create a new partition on the fly, that is, without
losing all data on an partition whose size you wish to change using XP. In
order to do what you appear to want to do, you need third party software
such as Symantec's Partition Magic:
www.powerquest.com.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"zach" > wrote in message
...
>I cannot figure out how to partition my hard drive. I
> have tried the Microsoft Knowledge Database and the
> instructions there did not work. The general 'Help' in
> Windows itself gave the same instructions, which did not
> work. I have Windows XP Pro. Anyone figure out how to
> do this?

[hustedj]

That is a great program for doing this, easy to use!


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" > wrote in
message ...
> Unless you have available free space on your system, that is unpartitioned
> free space, you cannot create a new partition on the fly, that is, without
> losing all data on an partition whose size you wish to change using XP.
In
> order to do what you appear to want to do, you need third party software
> such as Symantec's Partition Magic:
> www.powerquest.com.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "zach" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I cannot figure out how to partition my hard drive. I
> > have tried the Microsoft Knowledge Database and the
> > instructions there did not work. The general 'Help' in
> > Windows itself gave the same instructions, which did not
> > work. I have Windows XP Pro. Anyone figure out how to
> > do this?
>
>