QuesTion about Partitioning a Hard Drive?

Question

I want another partition on my hard drive (c:) and I was wondering if i had to clear the disk and start over or can i do that from the Windows environment somewhere besides Disk Manager- It wont let me do it.

Answer 1

Partition Magic.

I always use Partition Magic if I need to create a Partition when XP is Installed or any other operating System, or simply when I want to install a second operating system.

It works flawlesly....
I have never had a bad experience using it..but USE IT AT YOUR OWN Risk.

One error you may loose all your data.


You can also start clean and whenever you are installing XP, it will give you the option to Create more partitions in the case of there being only one

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Partition Magic is the tool of choice for such things.

However, I have always regretted partitioning a drive. I've especially regretted partitioning data away from the C: drive. Windows is written to focus on the C: drive so splitting your main disk into c: and d: provides no real technical value (the anti-segmentation crowd might disagree, but it's not a real issues for 99% of users) and takes away space from your default program installation area, scratch space, etc.

I primarily use Partitition Magic to MERGE partitions.

Answer 4

Use Acronis Disk Director if you don't want to lose your data. Disk Director will resize your partitions without any data loss. In addition Disk Director has many useful features. Follow the link to see full information:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

Answer 5

Hi!
Best to backup to another drive before attempting anything like this..or plan ahead for this as I normally do when a new drive arrives.

Partition Magic is about the only way to do it without completely formatting the drive. Also..don't get conned into thinking you can download a free trial and get it done..the trial does nothing.
You'll have to buy the program or start from scratch.

There is suppose to be another way to do it with Linux tools..but that is way beyond my expertise with Linux.

Answer 6

You can use Paragon's Partition Manager for this. Just shrink your c: partition and create new one(e.g. d:) using free space of c: partition. I make this several times with Partition Manager, it works flawlessly and pretty fast: 20 min for 60GB partition, 40GB of data. Read more here:
http://www.partition-manager.com/