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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system
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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
"Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. click on help and support and search for partition Jim M |
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Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk
Management. Will allow you to Initialise, Partition and Format disks attached to your machine. To resize disks already installed on a machine you can buy BootitNG (powerful and slightly baffling) or Acronis Disk Director Suite (does everything I want remarkably simply). These tools can resize partitions on the fly, without losing data. -- #################### ## PH, London #################### "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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Thank you very much philip.
"Philip Herlihy" wrote: Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. Will allow you to Initialise, Partition and Format disks attached to your machine. To resize disks already installed on a machine you can buy BootitNG (powerful and slightly baffling) or Acronis Disk Director Suite (does everything I want remarkably simply). These tools can resize partitions on the fly, without losing data. -- #################### ## PH, London #################### "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
The best thing of all is the Partition Magic for client machins and Server
Magic for server platforms. It allows partitionling, resizing, splitting, merging, even moving partitions with data between your hard drives, and of course file system conversion!!! Ultimate solution for partition management for those who plan. "Philip Herlihy" wrote in message ... Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. Will allow you to Initialise, Partition and Format disks attached to your machine. To resize disks already installed on a machine you can buy BootitNG (powerful and slightly baffling) or Acronis Disk Director Suite (does everything I want remarkably simply). These tools can resize partitions on the fly, without losing data. -- #################### ## PH, London #################### "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
The best thing of all is the Partition Magic for client machins and Server
Magic for server platforms. It allows partitionling, resizing, splitting, merging, even moving partitions with data between your hard drives, and of course file system conversion!!! Ultimate solution for partition management for those who plan. "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
"Mike" wrote in message
... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. Mike: There's really no need to use third-party programs to accomplish your objective. The Disk Management utility in Windows XP is the program to use. It's relatively simple to use and it's effective. Here are step-by-step instructions... In Windows XP, new hard disks appear as "Not Initialized". Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize the disk using the built-in Disk Management utility. After connecting your "virgin" hard disk (unpartitioned/unformatted), access the Disk Management utility, as follows, to initialize the disk and then partition and format it... 1. Click Start, then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management, and finally Disk Management, or, more simply, Right-click My Computer Manage Computer Management Disk Management, or, Start Run enter diskmgmt.msc OK (Note: You must be logged on as an administrator in order to complete this procedure.) 2. XP will detect the new disk and automatically open the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard". Follow the prompts to initialize the disk. (Do *not* select the option to convert your hard drive to a "dynamic disk", nor the "convert" option). If Disk Management does not detect the new disk, click "Rescan Disks". You might need to restart your computer although this is usually unnecessary. Disk Management will show the capacity of the new drive as "Unallocated" space. So in order to use the new drive you have to partition and format it. 3. Create a partition by right-clicking on the pane that displays the new drive (diagonal lines will appear in the pane), and select "New Partition". The "New Partition Wizard" dialog box will open. Click Next. 4. Select the option "Primary partition" (it will be the default) as the "Partition Type". Click Next. 5. The "Specify Partition Size" dialog box will indicate the maximum disk capacity in MB. Since you want to create multiple partitions, enter whatever partition size (in MB) you want for the first partition and click Next. 6. In the next dialog box assign a drive letter for this disk and click Next. 7. The "Format Partition" dialog box will open. Review it carefully and accept the defaults or make any changes. If you're reasonably certain your hard disk is sound, tick the "Perform a quick format" checkbox. Click Next. 8. Confirm the settings in the "Completing the New Partition Wizard" dialog box and click Finish. 9. The "Computer Management" window will open, indicating the disk is being formatted (progress shown as % formatted - it's very quick!). 10. Your hard disk has been initially partitioned and formatted. Since you will have remaining "Unallocated" disk space, you can repeat the Disk Management procedure (starting from step 3. above) for creating additional partitions and formatting them. Art |
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Mike wrote:
I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated space, Create partition, choosing size as desired. Repeat in the remainder. -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:19:18 +0300, "ILiya" wrote:
The best thing of all is the Partition Magic for client machins and Server Magic for server platforms. It allows partitionling, resizing, splitting, merging, even moving partitions with data between your hard drives, and of course file system conversion!!! Ultimate solution for partition management for those who plan. PM 8 has a few bugs. I think it might have something to do with the new owners. Have a nice one... Trent Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876! |
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Why use PM?
Disk Management is part of Windows XP and will do the job the OP wants without a 3rd party program and better yet for free. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "ILiya" wrote in message ... The best thing of all is the Partition Magic for client machins and Server Magic for server platforms. It allows partitionling, resizing, splitting, merging, even moving partitions with data between your hard drives, and of course file system conversion!!! Ultimate solution for partition management for those who plan. "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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Clarification: BootitNG, Acronis Disk Director Suite and Partition Magic
are specialised tools mentioned only in passing. I've used Acronis to split a single "live" partition into two, so I can manage (backup) data differently than I do my system installation and programs. XP Disk management will do everything you want by the sound of it. -- #################### ## PH, London #################### "Mike" wrote in message ... Thank you very much philip. "Philip Herlihy" wrote: Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. Will allow you to Initialise, Partition and Format disks attached to your machine. To resize disks already installed on a machine you can buy BootitNG (powerful and slightly baffling) or Acronis Disk Director Suite (does everything I want remarkably simply). These tools can resize partitions on the fly, without losing data. -- #################### ## PH, London #################### "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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Mike wrote:
I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. Right-click My Computer Manage Disk Management.... -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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How do i divide HD to partitions ?
Mike wrote:
I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Right-click My Computer Manage Disk Management.... -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Mike: I'm not sure if you're posting your query again or if Bruce is responding to your original post. In any event, just in case you didn't see my response to your query which I posted a few days ago, here it is again... There's really no need to use third-party programs to accomplish your objective (as I believe one or more responders indicated). The Disk Management utility in Windows XP is the program to use. It's relatively simple to use and it's effective. Here are step-by-step instructions... In Windows XP, new hard disks appear as "Not Initialized". Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize the disk using the built-in Disk Management utility. After connecting your "virgin" hard disk (unpartitioned/unformatted), access the Disk Management utility, as follows, to initialize the disk and then partition and format it... 1. Click Start, then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management, and finally Disk Management, or, more simply, Right-click My Computer Manage Computer Management Disk Management, or, Start Run enter diskmgmt.msc OK (Note: You must be logged on as an administrator in order to complete this procedure.) 2. XP will detect the new disk and automatically open the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard". Follow the prompts to initialize the disk. (Do *not* select the option to convert your hard drive to a "dynamic disk", nor the "convert" option). If Disk Management does not detect the new disk, click "Rescan Disks". You might need to restart your computer although this is usually unnecessary. Disk Management will show the capacity of the new drive as "Unallocated" space. So in order to use the new drive you have to partition and format it. 3. Create a partition by right-clicking on the pane that displays the new drive (diagonal lines will appear in the pane), and select "New Partition". The "New Partition Wizard" dialog box will open. Click Next. 4. Select the option "Primary partition" (it will be the default) as the "Partition Type". Click Next. 5. The "Specify Partition Size" dialog box will indicate the maximum disk capacity in MB. Since you want to create multiple partitions, enter whatever partition size (in MB) you want for the first partition and click Next. 6. In the next dialog box assign a drive letter for this disk and click Next. 7. The "Format Partition" dialog box will open. Review it carefully and accept the defaults or make any changes. If you're reasonably certain your hard disk is sound, tick the "Perform a quick format" checkbox. Click Next. 8. Confirm the settings in the "Completing the New Partition Wizard" dialog box and click Finish. 9. The "Computer Management" window will open, indicating the disk is being formatted (progress shown as % formatted - it's very quick!). 10. Your hard disk has been initially partitioned and formatted. Since you will have remaining "Unallocated" disk space, you can repeat the Disk Management procedure (starting from step 3. above) for creating additional partitions and formatting them. Art |
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Disk Management will only work if your drive is empty (available space not
allocated to a partition). Partition Magic, and the other, allows us to re-size partitions and keep the data on them. "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message ... Why use PM? Disk Management is part of Windows XP and will do the job the OP wants without a 3rd party program and better yet for free. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "ILiya" wrote in message ... The best thing of all is the Partition Magic for client machins and Server Magic for server platforms. It allows partitionling, resizing, splitting, merging, even moving partitions with data between your hard drives, and of course file system conversion!!! Ultimate solution for partition management for those who plan. "Mike" wrote in message ... I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions (not a system disk). How can i do it ? Thanks. |
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The OP bought a new hard drive:
"I bought new 120GB HD and i want to divide it into 2 partitions" If PM or other such tools will be needed, fine, but the OP does not need to spend money at this time to achieve the goal. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "Yves Leclerc" wrote in message ... Disk Management will only work if your drive is empty (available space not allocated to a partition). Partition Magic, and the other, allows us to re-size partitions and keep the data on them. "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message ... Why use PM? Disk Management is part of Windows XP and will do the job the OP wants without a 3rd party program and better yet for free. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ |
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