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    changing partition

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ffolke, Jan 19, 2007.

  1. ffolke

    ffolke Newbie

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    Gateway's Recovery CD and DVD don't seem to allow making room for other partitions on a drive. I screwed up my xp partition trying to resize it. The thing is that I can't change the sizes beforehand because Gateway's OEM Discs just use up the entire drive. The DVD also creates a (D :) drive for the recovery. I'd like to use only half of my Hard drive for xp on my gateway laptop, but it seems I can't do that unless I buy a non-Gateway Windows XP disc.
     
    ffolke, Jan 19, 2007
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Patition Magic or gparted are a couple options.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 19, 2007
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    ffolke Newbie

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    Gparted is what I used and things got a little screwy. I can't logon because there is no users to click on, just a tiny xp logo.

    My concern is that there is no way to put xp on a customized sized partition until after the fact (like I did with GParted). So I can't reinstall XP with the Gateway cd without wiping out the entire HD.
     
    ffolke, Jan 19, 2007
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