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    Best way to partition around existing XP install?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Uodnelome, Aug 15, 2007.

  1. Uodnelome

    Uodnelome Notebook Consultant

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    Just in case my XP installation goes awry, I want to have my files on a separated hard drive partition so that a clean install wouldn't wipe away all my documents and other files.

    Since I first off don't really want to attempt a clean XP installation on my new notebook, and second probably wouldn't be able to since I don't have an XP Pro. install disc (no discs came with my machine at all!), I was wondering the best way to partition the hard drive into two (one for Windows and its programs, and a second for files).

    My current, 3 year old XP install only has about 44-45 processes running at the moment (even with HP's bloatware at that time) -- I don't know if that's on the light or heavy side, but it seems manageable. I figure on the new laptop it'll be even less...

    Thanks in advance.
     
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    minimalism Notebook Geek

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    Use partition manager. Drag your primary partition down to a size two or three gigs larger than that taken up by the OS. Create a new partition (logical). Click apply. It'll resize and create upon reboot.
     
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  3. Uodnelome

    Uodnelome Notebook Consultant

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    I may be completely off base -- but as I understood it, my hard drive is only two partitions: one for the OS, and the recovery partition. So I guess on a 160 GB drive, at most the OS is 150 of that?

    If it helps, my ultimate goal is to set up something like 100 or so GB for files, and leave the rest to the OS.
     
    Uodnelome, Aug 15, 2007
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