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    partition on a notebook

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by denmick, Nov 17, 2006.

  1. denmick

    denmick Notebook Consultant

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    I would like to no if there is a way to add a partition to a notebook with windows xp already installed
     
    denmick, Nov 17, 2006
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  2. justin15

    justin15 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yup. Use a program called partition magic I beleive. I think you can do it. :)

    If not, I don't know, and I believe that program costs money... so...
     
    justin15, Nov 17, 2006
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  3. denmick

    denmick Notebook Consultant

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    Partition manager 5 can be downloaded free and that is what i used and had some trouble getting rid of all the space in drive D. It left 1 gb in drive D and tried several times to get rid of the 1gb it left and the computer would hangup on reboot. I finally got rid of it by reformatting Drive D and a number of other things. I then partitioned drive c and made drive d
     
    denmick, Nov 17, 2006
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  4. Safrout

    Safrout Notebook Enthusiast

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    using PM or something similar believe me will destroy ur partition table time after time

    i prefer doing it the hard and safe way

    i reinstall the windows and from there i delete the single partition and create two
     
    Safrout, Nov 18, 2006
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  5. Safrout

    Safrout Notebook Enthusiast

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    u need to try to install Linux or something else beside WinXP and u will know what i mean
     
    Safrout, Nov 18, 2006
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  6. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Perhaps it was you who just happened to have had bad luck with Partition Magic as opposed to Partition Magic being badly written. I have used Partition Magic for years now and have not had any issues with it so far.
     
    Budding, Nov 18, 2006
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  7. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Works fine. Of course, you have to use the program correctly. It's perfectly capable of deleting your partition table, but only if you tell it to. :)
     
    Jalf, Nov 18, 2006
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  8. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    It works fine with Linux partitions. I prefer GParted though. Simpler and more powerful.
     
    vespoli, Nov 18, 2006
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