No partition on HDD

My HDD was replaced a while ago under warranty and there was no partition made for recovery. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? I have backed-up on an ext HDD that I made from my trashed Desktop but I don't trust it 100% with my travels and the fact it was never intended to be portable.

 

Go to the vista orb icon, and then type computer management. then go to disk management and u can create partitions there.

 

defrag and check for disk errors first

 

I am using XP not Vista.

 

Oh ok, sorry about that. then go to administrative tools, then computer management.

 

Ok it shows C: partition basic NTFS Healthy(system)
what do I do next?

 

1. In the Disk Management window, complete one of the following procedures, and then continue to step 2:
• To create a new partition, right-click unallocated space on the basic disk where you want to create the partition, and then click New Partition.
• To create a new logical drive in an extended partition, right-click free space on an extended partition where you want to create the logical drive, and then click New Logical Drive.
2. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.
3. Click the type of partition that you want to create (either Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive), and then click Next.
4. Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and then click Next.
5. Decide whether to manually assign a drive letter, let the system automatically enumerate the drive, or do not assign a drive letter to the new partition or logical drive, and then click Next.
6. Specify the formatting options you want to use by using one of the following procedures:
• If you do not want to format the partition, click Do not format this partition, and then click Next.
• If you want to format the partition, click Format this partition with the following settings, and then complete the following procedure in the Format dialog box:
a. Type a name for the volume in the Volume label box. This is an optional step.
b. Click the file system that you want to use in the File system box.

You can change the disk allocation unit size, and then specify whether to perform a quick format, or enable file and folder compression on NTFS volumes.
Click Next.

7. Confirm that the options that selected are correct, and then click Finish.
The new partition or logical drive is created and appears in the appropriate basic disk in the Disk Management window. If you chose to format the volume in step 6, the format process now starts.

 

Ok I am not getting anything.

All I see is Disk 0 basic and 74Gb and then at the bottom it says primary partition.

 

How big is your hard drive?
Are there any other partitions other than the 74gb one?

 

My drive is 80gb and there is only the one. I have 48.9gb free though.

 

XP's Disk Management is minimal and does not have the power to create additional partitions (like Vista's does) if you don't have any unallocated space.

You will need additional software such as Acronis True Image, Norton Partition Magic (both which must be purchased) or Gparted (which I have never used) which is free to created some unallocated space to make your partition.

I am unclear about your original question though. Is all you want to do is to create another partition to save programs for later recovery or are you asking if you can make a new partition and then somehow install the original HP recovery software and create the recovery discs?

If your question relates to the later, you can't. You could explain your circumstance to HP and possibly they would send you the DVD recovery discs free of charge or for a small fee.

 

You are correct in that want a partition for recovery. I have already talked with HP and the disks are about 25$.
Thanks to all for the help.

 

In your first post you said that "My HDD was replaced a while ago under warranty and there was no partition made for recovery".

If HP did the repair under warranty and did not install the software correctly (there should have been a recovery partition) I think you should be entitled to the recovery disks for free. I would explain this to HP and try to get the recovery disks at no cost.