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| Thread ID: 23695 | 2002-08-22 19:41:00 | New Partition in XP Pro | Basil Pesto (541) | Press F1 |
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| 73243 | 2002-08-22 19:41:00 | I have a new computer with a 30GB hard drive with no partition and I would like to put a partition in. I have downloaded a demo of Partition Magic 7. I've read all the previous posts on this and it doesn't really sound like a simple exercise. I'm paranoid about stuffing something up. Is this a fairly straightforward thing to do for an intermediate user to pull off? I'd like to know what the pitfalls and risks are. Should I get someone else (i.e. paid help) who knows about this stuff to do it for me?? |
Basil Pesto (541) | ||
| 73244 | 2002-08-22 20:18:00 | Hi. I did this with XP Home and now have a problem (pressf1.co.nz). I also understand the demo version of partition magic 7 will not actually complete te task, it only lets you see how it works and stops short of doing it. | wotz (335) | ||
| 73245 | 2002-08-22 21:52:00 | Your XP Pro CD is bootable. Put it in the CD drive and (if required) go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence so you boot up from the CD. When XP setup starts you have a number of options regarding partitioning, but if you have a blank hard drive it should do everything for you. Check out this Microsoft support article for detailed info. www.microsoft.com |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 73246 | 2002-08-22 21:58:00 | Hmmmm...not sure why that link is all screwy...... try this (www.microsoft.com) |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 73247 | 2002-08-23 00:15:00 | Partition Magic Pro 7.0 works well most of the time but I have screwed one hard drive in the process (only once). But don't let that put you off. As I said, it works most of the time. If you have an external HDD, back up the hard drive first. Also, make you you create an emergency boot disk with Partition Magic. If you don't wanna pay for the full working copy of Partition Magic Pro 7.0, there are ways around it. Unfortunately, I can't really go into too much detail here as I will be seen as a person supporting such "illegal" activities. But then again, my philosophy is, why pay $$$ when you're just gonna use the software once or twice only. Why can't they have a pay-per-use philosophy. Afterall, we don't partition our HDD on a daily or even weely basis. |
btong (1066) | ||
| 73248 | 2002-08-23 00:23:00 | there are free partion programs out there such as ranish. just be prepared to lose all data on the disk. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 73249 | 2002-08-23 05:54:00 | Scott - the forum inserted a space between 'start' and 'ed' in 'started'. Best to post long links as you did hte second time. Sweet. :D G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 73250 | 2002-08-23 06:01:00 | That's interesting. I see a spurious space between the "i" and "n" of "installnew". There's still a minor advanced feature in the wordwrap routine. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 73251 | 2002-08-23 06:38:00 | You're right Graham - didn't see that. The gap I saw is displayed in the post, but the actual link has the gap you noticed. Sheesh! G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 73252 | 2002-08-23 09:06:00 | Well thanks,folks - I think? Appreciate the posts but there's nothing there that overcomes the paranoia I mentioned. It all sounds hairy. I neglected to say in the original post that the computer is a laptop, which I think might complicate things. I know the advantages of having OS and applications on one partition and data files on another but this is looking too difficult. Might just live with everything on one drive/part'n. Would still welcome views. |
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