How to make the partition for my C drive in widows XP without format my harddisk?

Answer 1

Once you make a partition, you need to format the new partition. If you're trying to use a portion of your hard disk, while saving the former information, you'll need to use a partitioning tool. This will shrink an existing partition and make space for the new one. Many Linux distributions come with such a tool, such as FIPS.

If you're trying to install XP on a machine with a previous OS, you'll need to consider the previous file system installed. If you want to take advantage of a higher performance file system, you'll need to reformat anyway.

Your best bet might be to back up the disk, to CD or DVD, and just reformat the drive. Then, restore your old files, making sure you don't overwrite any system files.

Answer 2

You need a software called partition magic. re size the partition make it smaller to get it 50% of the current size that will leave you with 50% UN allocated apace then crate a new partition on that space and format it. you end up with hard drive divided into two partitions.

Answer 3

You can use Acronis Disk Director to merge, resize, copy and split partitions. It's very reliable software which possess with additional tools such as Partition Recovery (a tool which can recover accidentally deleted partition) and Boot Manager (a tool which enables to run and manage several operating systems). I'd claim that Disk Director can execute your tasks in a precise and fast manner.

Answer 4

Saddly you cannot repartition a hard drive that XP is installed and running on. There are programs like partition magic that say they can repartition the drive. If you decide to use a progam like that, make sure you have a backup, and don't be surprised when you loose all your data.