partitions

[taintedplay]

I have a 250gig as my main just for my winxp os. i want to dualboot off a partition on this 250gig. But i dont want to mess up my xp thats already on there. Am i able to partition it in half without messing up the xp half?

 

[Phoenix219]

You should be able to depending on how much data you have on your drive right now.

 

[Preacher]

Dual Booting is really easy if you do it the right way. I used to GParted to get Ubuntu and XP on my Hard Drive, what Operating Systems are you looking to dual boot ?

 

[taintedplay]

i have xp on there taking up roughly 40 gigs of 250. I want to put on 64bit vista on. I dont want to have to reinstall windows or anything though.

 

[Drewser]

I was actually gonna post the exact same question until I saw this. I am thinking of doing the same but with ubuntu like Preacher. I'm running 32 bit vista on a 250gb HD.

 

[synergy]

You'll need an app like Partition Magic or Acronis DiscDirector to do this. That way it moves the data to create the new partition, otherwise you have to reformat. I would make a Ghost image of you drive before you partition it just in case something goes haywire though.

 

[Drewser]

Thanks Synergy, I will look those programs up and try give it a go after some more research.