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Need to partition preloaded hard drive
Just bought new computer with preloaded software. I want to partition drive and reinstall software using Recovery CD since that's all I have to work with. XP would only allow me to create 1 partition and limited it's size to 7 Gb. Is there any way I can pa
rtition into multiple drives the sizes I want, with or without reformatting and if I do reformat can I use the recovery CD to reload the software onto a smaller C: drive? Any suggestions to accomplish this would be appreciated. |
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Need to partition preloaded hard drive
Hi,
You need third-party partitioning software. BootIT NG www.terabyteunlimited.com Partition Magic www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic Partition Commander http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html Ranish Partition Manager http://www.ranish.com/part/ -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Keith M" wrote in message ... Just bought new computer with preloaded software. I want to partition drive and reinstall software using Recovery CD since that's all I have to work with. XP would only allow me to create 1 partition and limited it's size to 7 Gb. Is there any way I can partition into multiple drives the sizes I want, with or without reformatting and if I do reformat can I use the recovery CD to reload the software onto a smaller C: drive? Any suggestions to accomplish this would be appreciated. |
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Need to partition preloaded hard drive
I've used Partition Magic (v8) and it works very well under XP.
Nice interface and easy to use. Recommended. "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi, You need third-party partitioning software. BootIT NG www.terabyteunlimited.com Partition Magic www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic Partition Commander http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html Ranish Partition Manager http://www.ranish.com/part/ -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Keith M" wrote in message ... Just bought new computer with preloaded software. I want to partition drive and reinstall software using Recovery CD since that's all I have to work with. XP would only allow me to create 1 partition and limited it's size to 7 Gb. Is there any way I can partition into multiple drives the sizes I want, with or without reformatting and if I do reformat can I use the recovery CD to reload the software onto a smaller C: drive? Any suggestions to accomplish this would be appreciated. |
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