Having problem partitioning my 6000

I want to create 2 partitions. C: will be 45GB and the other drive will be 15GB to store all my music and stuff.

I have WinXP Home on the laptop, but I will be installing WinXP Pro. Because of that, I rebooted the computer to do the partitioning and stuff with the WinXP Pro CD.

So far everythings gone well, up until the partition.

Unpartitioned space 63MB
C: 54086MB
E: 3075MB
Unpartitioned space 8MB

Now I want that "E:" to be the one with 15GB, but it's making the maximum 3075MB. And it's not letting me modify the C: space. How do I get this to work?

For the hell of it, I tried moving on and installing WinXP Pro on the C: but it said it was going t obe installing a second OS on that drive and that it's not recommended. I thought it would replace it. Should I partition with WinXP Home (I have my other computers CD) and then UPGRADE the OS to the Pro later on?

Thanks

-s64

 

hey, I think you'd be best served by wiping the hard drive clean (view SouthernGirl's excellent guide to doing this: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=23363) and then since you have a Windows XP Pro CD (not upgrade CD by the sounds, but full version) then install the OS clean on the C drive. After that I'd use a disk utility to deal with the partitioning -- there are several out there to buy, I recently found a great one from a company called Acronis, Disk Director Suite 9

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...25666-7093626?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

it's $49.99 on Amazon and absolutely makes shifting disk space a snap, even on a server OS which is typically not supported.

 

First, select the c: partition and press D to delete it. This will delete the partition and make it available to reparitition it. Do the same for E:. It will ask you to confirm the deletion.

Once you have delete each partition, all of your space should be unpartitioned space. From there, select the unpartition space and press C to create a partition. It will ask you for the size of your partition. Normally, most people want the c: to be windows, so if that is the case, you'll want to enter 45000 (45gb).

After that, you can create your spare partition. Select the unpartition space and press C. You can either enter 15000 or just press enter and it will create the new partition. Once the partitions are created, the sizes might be a little different that what you entered, but its nothing to worry about.

You can use XP Pro to create the partition. The reason is said it was going to be installing a second OS is because you hadn't deleted the first OS. When you delete the C: partition, it will delete the OS. Once you get the partitions set up, you can select the top partition to install windows on.

Hope this helps,
SG

 

Yup, realized I had to delete the C: seconds after posting this. I was just worried that it'd mess stuff up. But because I deleted the C:, that fixed my other problem of installing two OS on the same drive. I was easily able to install Win XP Pro.

Only problem is that the second drive now is 12GB and the C: is 44GB. I know the other 4GB is not there (harddrive sizes are never what they advertise), but I wanted 15GB on that second one. Is there any way to add more without having to reformat?

 

You can adjust the sizes by using the program that Abaxter suggested. You are going to have to take space from the c: and add it to your spare. It can be any amount, but I would suggest running defrag together. You need to determine where all of your files are located on your partition. The reason is because you are going to have to take space from your C: drive, and you can only get space after the last file location.

I would use the program that Abaxter mention. You could also use Partition Magic, but Disk Director is alot better and cheaper.

SG