Apr 21, 2006, 10:17 AM // 10:17
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The Humanoid Typhoon
Join Date: May 2005
Location: UK
Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]
Profession: R/
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Nothing wrong with Windows XP Pro, unless you yourself breaks it... lol
Anyhow I would suggest using the program Partition Magic to set pratitions quickly and easily.
I got my computer setup this way within 5 mins. I now have a 10GB Partition for Windows and Programs (Things that don't change that often), a 70GB Partition for Games and Music. I like to keep things simple so two is fine.
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Apr 21, 2006, 10:40 AM // 10:40
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La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RTSFirebat
Nothing wrong with Windows XP Pro, unless you yourself breaks it... lol
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*whistles innocently*
I blame Bill Gates.... And I always will!
Anyhoo, thanks for the tip, working on getting the trial now. I appreciate it a lot, Firebat.
Edit: Hoookaaay... So it seems, or maybe I'm just a moron, that I can't actually create a new partition with the trial version. Scrudbuckets. Guess this means I'm going to have to break into my wallet again...
Last edited by Faer; Apr 21, 2006 at 10:47 AM // 10:47..
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Apr 21, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53
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The Humanoid Typhoon
Join Date: May 2005
Location: UK
Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]
Profession: R/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Avaith Faer
Edit: Hoookaaay... So it seems, or maybe I'm just a moron, that I can't actually create a new partition with the trial version. Scrudbuckets. Guess this means I'm going to have to break into my wallet again...
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Or not... *wink* *wink*, but I leave that up to you lol
Its a expensive application, but works well, and well worth the money.
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Apr 21, 2006, 02:36 PM // 14:36
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: North Carolina
Guild: Shrophire Protectors [Lion]
Profession: W/
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Why didnt you just make the partitions during the Windows setup? Before you install, you have to select a drive XP goes on (like all Windows). At that point it allows you to delete and create partitions.
However, Partition Magic will allow you to repartition your hard drive after installation so I guess that's what you're looking for.
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Apr 21, 2006, 02:44 PM // 14:44
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La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Riplox
Why didnt you just make the partitions during the Windows setup? Before you install, you have to select a drive XP goes on (like all Windows). At that point it allows you to delete and create partitions.
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Yeah... I just didn't think to do it at the time (3AM, I was tired, bored, and just wanted to get it over with)... Only decided to partition it after the fact while I was waiting for the files on the other PC to compress. I had nothing better to do, so I figured "Why not?"...
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Apr 21, 2006, 02:51 PM // 14:51
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Site Contributor
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 38°16′ N 140°52′ E
Profession: Mo/Me
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Use the GParted LiveCD (open source). Resize the partition that XP is residing on (NTFS partition, likely, GParted can handle those also), create new partitions with the new free space (which it can also do, or you could reboot and handle partition creation in diskmgmt.msc).
Although it's likely more trouble than just reinstalling Windows if you don't know how to work the damn thing.
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Apr 21, 2006, 04:43 PM // 16:43
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Louisiana
Profession: E/Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Avaith Faer
Edit: Windows site is bugging me. Tells me to select unallocated section but I can't seem to find one. Further explination of the official Microsoft description is also appreciated if you care to give it...
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If you don't know the difference between allocated and unallocated space, I would suggest you get someone who does to partition your drive, unless you have nothing to lose on any partition. While the short answer is simply this, allocated is in use by a partition and thus is not repartitionable without being resized, unallocated is not in use by any partition according to the drives partition table. If all you are doing is reinstalling windows, partitioning is not really all that important, though for a clean install such a thing might be important. However compressing your files to a partition will probably not help you unless that partition is available before install time, and you know which one it is during install time. You should back your data up to an external media like dvd or cd and not to a partition that will reside on the same drive you intend to repartition or install to. You put your data at risk by doing so. Not everything is garunteed, software deployment systems like the windows installer, can fail, and can nuke data on a drive.
Last edited by aeroclown; Apr 21, 2006 at 09:50 PM // 21:50..
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Apr 21, 2006, 05:28 PM // 17:28
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by koneko
Use the GParted LiveCD (open source). Resize the partition that XP is residing on (NTFS partition, likely, GParted can handle those also), create new partitions with the new free space (which it can also do, or you could reboot and handle partition creation in diskmgmt.msc).
Although it's likely more trouble than just reinstalling Windows if you don't know how to work the damn thing.
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Thank you for that utility, I've been looking for something like that
Works like a charm, tried it on my work junk laptop.
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