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    hd_pulse

    hd_pulse Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello,

    I want to create partition of my computer so that I can keep in my important document in a separate place. and ordinary ones at other.

    How to create Partition?Just now I've 2 hard disk Drives i.e c: & d: .In c:
    all my documents are kept along with system files. and d: contains files of my system recovery.I want to separately keep my system files in say c: and my other documents like songs,wallpapers,softwares etc in some different drive.
    so that when I format my computer only system files are formatted and my data is kept safe.My c: drive is of 67gb and I want to divide it into 2 drives.
    how to do so? I've a branded HP Pavilion PC .


    Operating system Widows xp
    Laptop or Desktop desktop
    If name brand - Brand and Model # HPm705
    Type of Mouse (USB/PS2/Wireless) PS2 mouse
    Type of Keyboard (USB/PS2/Wireless) PS2 keyboard
    Amount of memory 80 GB hardisk & 2Gb RAM
    Motherboard model (if known) System Model: ES026AA-ACJ a1312in
    motherboard model Asterope 1.0
    Video card (PCI/PCI-E/AGP) or Integrated Video (if known) don't know



    All my friend have Assembled PC and when they create partition they keep their important data in different drive from system files and then they only format the drive in which their system files are kept afterward they install their softwares.

    But when I format my computer all my drives are cleaned up and nothing is left and I'm given 2 dvd which I use for formatting and all my softwares i.e OS(windows XP) are installed of theri own with the dvds.


    thanks.
     
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    PeteC

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    Welcome to WindowsBBS :)

    You have an OEM PC (HP) and your install DVD's are Recovery DVD's - not a full retail copy of Windows and a single partition is predetermined in the HP disk or the recovery partition - the D:\ drive is, as you rightly say, a recovery partition.

    You cannot create a new partition by reducing the size of an existing partition in Windows XP and allocating the space released to a new partition. Vista and Windows 7 are different in this respect in that this can be done from within Windows.

    You will need to use third party software such as Acronis Disk Director or Partition Magic. Using either of these is not foolproof and you should back up your data before using.

    BTW - you should always backup your data to an external source - even with the data on a separate partition - if the drive fails all is lost.
     
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    hd_pulse

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    But why my friends are able to create the partition and they don't need any external drive to keep their data.They save their
    data in the separate drive and they format only the drive in which their system files are kept?
    All of my friends have the Assembled PC I'm the only who has buyed the assembled.
    thanks
     
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    PeteC

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    When you install XP from a retail (shop) CD onto an empty drive you are able to create a partition for the OS which does not have to be the same size as the hard drive. When Windows is installed the unallocated space on the drive can be partitioned through Disk Management. Your friends have retail (full) copies of the XP install CD - unfortunately for you you do not ....

    As I pointed out you have an OEM install and your recovery disks/partition are a mirror of the system as originally supplied by the maker, which in your case is a single system partition filling most of the drive - the remainder is taken up by the recovery partition.
    Yes that is the basic idea behind partitionong - OS on one drive or partition and data on another drive or partition. The OS partition can then be reformatted without touching the data drive/partition.

    If both the OS partition and the data partition are on the same hard drive then if the drive fails everything on the drive is lost - OS & data.

    You should always maintain a backup of your data to cover for this evantuality on a separate hard drive - internal or external or on DVD/CD's.
     
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    hd_pulse

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    If so, I should also buy the XP CD from the retailer.and then try installing the
    OS.then do you think i'll be able to create partition of any space I wan't?
    If yes,then how will I format my computer cos for formatting I use the same 2dvd's from the system supplier?


    thanks
     
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    PeteC

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    Yes
    You boot from the install CD which gives you the opportunity to format - see my notes on the matter .....
    Note If you want to create a second (or third partition) after installing Windows type in the size of the partition you require for Windows here.

    When Windows has been installed go to Disk Management ...

    Start > Run > type in diskmgmt.msc > Enter

    In Disk Management your drive will be shown to have Unallocated space - right click in this space > Create Partition and select the size you want - if the size you select is less than the Unallocated space then you can create another partition.
     
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    Simpler to add a second hard drive as slave then move your My Documents folder to it.
     
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