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Hey,

Running Windows XP SP2, how do i partiton my hard drive?

Went to computer management > Disk Management and stuck what to do from there. Am I on the right track?
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partition what drive?
Your main drive (it is already partitioned), a new drive? What?
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sry a new drive. I want to split my C:/. Have a C:/ and another, D:/ for example. Did that make sense?

newbie :whistling:
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then it is not a new drive.

You cannot use windows inbuilt tools to split a current drive, which requires shrinking a partition and then creating a new one

Partition Magic can do it, as can Parted, a linux clone of Partition Magic
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Ah ic ic. Thanks! :whistling:
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