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    I can't make partitions

    Discussion in 'HP' started by absy, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. absy

    absy Newbie

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    Hello everybody ,
    i have hp dv2000 , i removed vista and installed win xp , there is only one partition which is it C partition .
    I installed partitionmagic to make partition but i get this message
    Init failed:Error 117.
    partition's drive letter cannot be identified

    plz help me
     
    absy, Jul 11, 2007
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  2. marmion

    marmion Notebook Consultant

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    If you haven't got XP running perfectly yet (ie haven't installed all your programs and files), then do a fresh install of XP. When it asks you to create partitions for XP, delete C, then create 2 (or more) different partitions. You can choose the size (in megabytes) and choose which partition you want XP on. This way is much easier than partitioning using software in my opinion.
     
    marmion, Jul 11, 2007
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  3. VidKo

    VidKo Notebook Consultant

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    Partition magic likes to screwup NTFS partitions. The best way is, like marmion already mentionetd, a fresh XP install.
     
    VidKo, Jul 11, 2007
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