Partition a new XP system disk

I'm trying to help a friend who just purchased a new XP Pro system. I was
trying to partition the one hard drive so that there's a C: and D: drive.

I started the disk manager but can't seem to find a way to split the
single C: partition into 2 partitions. Is there a way to do this?

TIA

bruce

You can only create a new partition if you have "unallocated" space using
XP's "DiskPart" utility. In other words, once you have created a partition,
you cannot go back and create another partition within that partition. Only
a sophisicated third-party program, such as Partition Magic, can accomplish
this once Windows XP is installed.

Partition Magic 8 Details
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Bruce" wrote in message:
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| I'm trying to help a friend who just purchased a new XP Pro system. I was
| trying to partition the one hard drive so that there's a C: and D: drive.
|
| I started the disk manager but can't seem to find a way to split the
| single C: partition into 2 partitions. Is there a way to do this?
|
| TIA
|
| bruce
|