partitioning

[canooten]

What is the safest way to add a partition to a drive without formatting? I've got a new system so I don't want to reformat, but I want to create a storage partition on a 160gb drive.

A free utility would be great, but I'm open to any suggestions.

 

[Alvin.C]

Re:

Hello,

I would recommend Symantec PartitionMagic 8. However it's not free...but it is incredibly easy to use and does the job perfectly.

I don't know of any free utilities for partitioning ...

 

[EricB]

What is the safest way to add a partition to a drive without formatting? I've got a new system so I don't want to reformat, but I want to create a storage partition on a 160gb drive.

A free utility would be great, but I'm open to any suggestions.

we need more detail. is you using the whole drive as a storage drive or do you already have windows on it already?

you can use the xp cd to partition in the first case

 

[canooten]

Sorry...this is the primary HD with Windows already installed. I'll eventually put a seperate HD in it, but since the primary is 160gb, I'd like to use some of that space as a seperate partition.

 

[EricB]

Sorry...this is the primary HD with Windows already installed. I'll eventually put a seperate HD in it, but since the primary is 160gb, I'd like to use some of that space as a seperate partition.

you would have to use partition magic then

 

[Tyler1989]

You need partition magic for this job.