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Creating New Partition
I am trying to create a new partition without going through the lengthy
process of a complete and total reinstall. The Help File shows the following: Open Computer Management (Local). In the console tree, click Disk Management. Where? Computer Management (Local) Storage Disk Management Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition, or right-click free space in an extended partition, and then click New Logical Drive. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, click Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen. Notes To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives only on basic disks. You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes if this computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition. On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition. On a GUID partition table (GPT) disk, you can create up to 128 primary partitions. I have followed these recommendations but there is no "New Partition" or "Free space" in the drop down menu. I have also tried the command prompt option and finish with cmd instrutions as published but they are not recognised by the CMD PROMPT Any suggestions?? |
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Creating New Partition
Unless you already have unpartitioned space on your hard disk, the only
way to create a new partition without a clean install is to use third-party software. Look at Symantec Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est akelogorian wrote: I am trying to create a new partition without going through the lengthy process of a complete and total reinstall. The Help File shows the following: Open Computer Management (Local). In the console tree, click Disk Management. Where? Computer Management (Local) Storage Disk Management Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition, or right-click free space in an extended partition, and then click New Logical Drive. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, click Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen. Notes To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives only on basic disks. You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes if this computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition. On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition. On a GUID partition table (GPT) disk, you can create up to 128 primary partitions. I have followed these recommendations but there is no "New Partition" or "Free space" in the drop down menu. I have also tried the command prompt option and finish with cmd instrutions as published but they are not recognised by the CMD PROMPT Any suggestions?? |
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