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Old January 18th 10, 08:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Tom Willett[_2_]
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Default Can you partition a C drive without deleting what is on it?

External hard drives are cheap.
"Patti Barden" wrote in message
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: Thanks everyone - I am struggling.
:
: If before I do anything I should make a backup/copy of my
: 37GB data in case anything goes wrong -
: where do I put the backup/copy? If I partition
: the EHD (external hard disk) and put the
: backup/copy on it and then Clone
: the C Hard disk and put the clone on the EHC,
: I think that erases everything on the EHD which would negate
: my backups. Using a CD or floppy would mean a lot of disks or floppies?
: What am I missing?
: Patti
:
:
: "Patti Barden" wrote in message
: ...
: Ok, thanks. I do have Paragon Partition Manager and Paragon Hard Disk
: Manager but a novice on both.
:
: Everyone always says make a "backup of files" before you do anything but
: how do you backup 37GB data onto
: a floppy disk?? That is the only option my XP gives me, that is why I
: bought an external hard disk.
:
: Thanks, Patti
:
:
: "John John - MVP" wrote in message
: ...
: Patti Barden wrote:
: Using XP SP3, 500GB drive
:
: Can I partition my C drive that has no partitions on but has the OS
and
: data and programs on it without
: deleting anything?
:
: Not to nitpick, but your C: drive *does* have a partition, the C: drive
: *is* a partition.
:
: OK, stand corrected.
:
:
: Seems I have read it is not possible. I would like two partitions one
: for data and one for OS and programs
: so when I do a Disk Check or degrag it doesn't take so long.
:
: You will have to use a third party tool like Terabyte's BootItNg or
Easus
: Partition Manager or other to do this.
:
: MAKE SURE that you backup all your precious files before doing any
: partition work! These tools are for most part safe to use but glitches
: and errors while doing partition work can quickly lead to catastrophic
: loss of all the data on the disk!
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: John
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