This is a discussion on To partition C:/ drive in Win Vista within the Operating Systems forums, part of the Computers category; I have a laptop with total hard disk of 250 gb. I have 220 Gb in C:/ drive and rest ...
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| Junior Member | I have a laptop with total hard disk of 250 gb. I have 220 Gb in C:/ drive and rest 15 GB in D:/ drive. I would like to partition C:/ drive into two parts namely C:/ and E:/ of 20Gb and 200Gb space. There is an option in Windows Vista to partition the data without using partition magic or other softwares. There is an option in Vista for doing it but I am not able to recall it...Can you please help me in partitioning it? |
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Rep Power: 1 | i dont think there is any such option but while doing an osri u can create partition or u may have to use third party software.. Last edited by colinpritham; 12-01-08 at 02:08 PM. Reason: add more |
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Rep Power: 0 | To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, there must be either unallocated (empty) space on the hard disk or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk. If there is no unallocated space, you can create some by shrinking an existing partition, deleting a partition, or by using a third-party partitioning program. When you create partitions on a basic disk using Disk Management, the first three volumes you create will be formatted as primary partitions. Beginning with the fourth volume, each volume will be configured as a logical drive within an extended partition. For more information, see What are partitions and logical drives? 1. Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 2. In the Navigation pane, under Storage, click Disk Management. 3. Right-click an unallocated region on your hard disk, and then click New Simple Volume. 4. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Next. 5. Type the size of the volume you want to create in megabytes (MB) or accept the maximum default size, and then click Next. 6. Accept the default drive letter or choose a different drive letter to identify the partition, and then click Next. 7. In the Format Partition dialog box, do one of the following: • If you don't want to format the volume right now, click Do not format this volume, and then click Next. • To format the volume with the default settings, click Next. 8. Review your choices, and then click Finish. |
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So I have seen somebody doing it but not able to recall ...he right clicked the C:/ drive and compressed it or did something which virtually made a new drive having 200 Gb and C drive having 20 Gb. | |
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| You can try the shrink volume feature in vista, check this post (Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer(Dual Boot XP/Vista)) for the steps... I hope this's what you were looking for. |
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| Gold Member | yeah go for the shrink volume future in vista......but it has many lilitations....specifically u cant decide the min parition space to be allocated manually......else i will advice going for the third party software like acronis disk director (vista ready) or some famous s/w arnd the net |
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Rep Power: 2 | shrink volume is the best bet. once you shrink the volume,you have the option to select the size of the new volume. |
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Rep Power: 2 | i dont believe you need to backup.as a safety measure,yes you should always have backup.but not particularly for this.it will not format your drive oranyhting.i have done it,and so i know. btw,do it when you havent installed many things on the hd.once the hd gets occupied,the volume availbale after shrinking reduces too.. |
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| Amor vincit omnia | Just came across this thread and here are my $0.02. Is it advisable to partition an existing active bootable partition? I know many thrid part softwares allow it, but u stand a high chance of loosing some part of the available data. Make sure to create backups of the existing data, so that u may not get offhanded later. |
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