How many partition on Vista?

Hi
I want to instal Xp beside my vista , I couldn't shrink partiton with My vista DVD and those tricks nor by manage console in vista
A dear friend said that vista just support 4 partition and because M1530 has 4 parti by default(System partition, recovery partition, media direct, and another small partition that probably has the diagnostic tools) , at the first you must del one of them.
I don't want any partition , How could I add another partition?
Thanks

 

Dude this question basically already exists in another thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264362
why make another

 

It's not Vista's fault. The MBR Partition Table is limited to 4 primary partitions. The only way around this is to have 3 primary partitions and then 1 extended partition which can then contain more logical partitions. Sounds confusing? Meh..

Partition:
1 - Primary - System
2 - Primary - Recovery
3 - Primary - Media Direct
4 - Extended
-- 5 - Logical - Diagnostic Tools
-- 6 - Logical - Windows XP

Not sure if Windows XP will boot off of a logical extended partition, however...never tried it. But that's the limitation on MBR partition tables.

 

I asked it again because I'm looking for a trick to instal XP without deleting one of my partition

Please say a way to add a prtition without deleting a current partition

Thanks

 

This is true. Four partitions, but as you point out, one can be an extended partition with multiple logical drives.

The problem (I think) for the OP is that he was trying to shrink his C drive and create a new partition out of the free space. But of course there were already 4 partitions (probably all primary) existing, so he couldn't create a new one, even an extended one. And since none of the other 4 were extended partitions, he couldn't create multiple logical drives within those either.

Not sure what option he'd have other than blowing away one of the existing partitions.

 

There isn't one

 

Use a program to create an exact copy of one of your partitions (the utilities partition is probably easiest because it's smallest). Then, delete that partition, shrink your Vista partition. Create a new EXTENDED partition. Create 2 new LOGICAL partitions as part of your extended partition. This first logical partition can be your XP bootable installation, and the second is where you will restore the copy you made earlier. In theory it should work, in practicality I'm not sure because I have never tried it.