is it posible to partition your hard drive after its already loaded?

Question

I was reading a very nice detailed report on partitioning the harddrive ona new pc so that it can run fast even after tons of stuff is loaded on to it. my pc is kinda old but I was wondering could I partition it. and how do I do it?

Answer 1

Yes.

There are several programs like Partition Magic & Norton Ghost that will repartition a hard drive without erasing any of the data on it.

This one is free :

Partition Logic is a free hard disk partitioning and data management tool. It can create, delete, format, defragment, resize, and move partitions and modify their attributes. It can copy entire hard disks from one to another.

Partition Logic is free software, based on the Visopsys operating system. It boots from a CD or floppy disk and runs as a standalone system, independent of your regular operating system. It is intended to become a free alternative to such commercial programs as Partition Magic, Drive Image, and Norton Ghost.

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

regards,
Philip T

Answer 2

Use Partition Magic

http://www.partitionmagic.com/

Answer 3

No you can't. you can re size the partition make it smaller then create new partition on the UN allocated space and format it this way you do not lose data. use partition magic or partition manager to do that.

Answer 4

You can use Paragon's Partition Manager for this purpose. Really good tool, I've used it to resize my Windows partition, it worked great! Here's pcmag's review: http://www.pcmag.co.uk/2163792
And here's website: http://www.partition-manager.com/

Answer 5

download an ubuntu linux live cd/ boot from it and in administration go to the partition secvtion and wala

Answer 6

Yes you can

Answer 7

Yes you can, but that will NOT increase your speed

Answer 8

what does partition mean???