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    Just one partition

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mandegarfar, Jun 15, 2008.

  1. mandegarfar

    mandegarfar Notebook Guru

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    Hi ,
    I bought M1530 and it has just one partition .
    How could I make more partition ?
    Is there any special software for partition managing ?

    I want to devide the big partition to some . because I want to instal XP beside my vista .

    Thanks
     
    mandegarfar, Jun 15, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    U can use fdisk from DOS or partition manager.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 15, 2008
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  3. jcovelli

    jcovelli Notebook Deity

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    partitionMAGIC 8.0
     
    jcovelli, Jun 15, 2008
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  4. shinta13

    shinta13 Notebook Geek

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    I suggest clean installing vista just to get all the junk off & setting up your partitions that way D:
     
    shinta13, Jun 15, 2008
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