Trouble partitioning hard drive using XP

I'm running Windows XP. Would like to partition my hard drive without purchasing 3rd party partition software. Would be fine with the old fashioned way of fdisk, but I don't have a floppy drive for my laptop. I also don't have the original Windows XP setup disk, all I have is the System Recovery discs that came with my HP, which has XP on it, but doesn't give me the option to partition like XP setup does.
I haven't been able to find the information to allow me to do this anywhere, but it seems like there should be a way!!
Any help will be most appreciated!!

 

I realize you don't want to use 3rd party software...But, using Partition Magic from Powerquest is very easy. Nice user interface so it's not too mind boggling.

Dale

 

A word of caution!!
Most HP laptops already have a hidden partition for system recovery. BE CAREFULL!!

 

I got tired of spending hours on trying to figure out how to do this without 3rd party software, so went ahead and downloaded a Partition Manager from ZDNet. It did the job I wanted very easily and quickly, which is what I should have done in the first place....
Thanks to those who responded!