Partitioning a HD

[vietlapine]

Hello,

 

 

 

I recently ran into a little problem after buying a laptop that came with Vista.

 

 

 

I used Partition Magic to partition my HD fine with XP but with Vista, the program isn't compatible.

 

 

 

How can I partition my HD? Any other recommendations/programs to use?

[blade995]

Vista has a good built in partitioner.

 

 

 

Right click on my computer icon > click manage > then on the left hand side click "disk management"

[vietlapine]

when you shrink the partition does vista automatically make a new partition in its place?

 

 

 

If not how do i do that..

 

 

 

I remember messing with the partition on a XP and it totally screwed up my comp..but Partition Magic saved me..dont know how I'll be saved if it screws up on Vista.

[ClareJonsson]

Shrinking a partition does exactly that, it makes it smaller. You are then left with free space on the drive that you can create another partition.

 

 

 

I used to use Partition magic too, but with Vista it's kind of redundant.

 

 

 

The same company that make Partition magic also makes PQ-Deploy, which was brilliant for imaging and copying drives, but unfortunately that doesn't work with Vista either :( . But yet again Vista comes to the rescue with its own tools for imaging, based on ghost so I am led to believe :).

[vietlapine]

Shrinking a partition does exactly that, it makes it smaller. You are then left with free space on the drive that you can create another partition.

 

 

 

I used to use Partition magic too, but with Vista it's kind of redundant.

 

 

 

The same company that make Partition magic also makes PQ-Deploy, which was brilliant for imaging and copying drives, but unfortunately that doesn't work with Vista either :( . But yet again Vista comes to the rescue with its own tools for imaging, based on ghost so I am led to believe :).

 

 

 

So once you shrink, they'll be a new option to create a new partition?

[dsavi]

If you have ultimate or business, you could use windows virtual pc.

[blade995]

Shrinking a partition does exactly that, it makes it smaller. You are then left with free space on the drive that you can create another partition.

 

 

 

I used to use Partition magic too, but with Vista it's kind of redundant.

 

 

 

The same company that make Partition magic also makes PQ-Deploy, which was brilliant for imaging and copying drives, but unfortunately that doesn't work with Vista either :( . But yet again Vista comes to the rescue with its own tools for imaging, based on ghost so I am led to believe :).

 

 

 

So once you shrink, they'll be a new option to create a new partition?

 

 

 

When you shrink the partition, you will see a block of gray space at the front or back of the full drive block. The gray space is unpartitioned space, click on that space, select how much you want to use of it, then just following the rest of the steps to get another partition. It's very easy, I have used it many times on Vista, nothing bad has happened.

[ClareJonsson]

If you have ultimate or business, you could use windows virtual pc.

 

 

 

Eh, what for? Using virtual PC will not allow him to use PQ-Magic again.

 

 

 

As far as I know, Virtual PC 2007 will run on any version of Vista, and run very well especially if your hardware supports virtualization :)

[Bmms]

i personally use gparted for any and all my partitioning needs, it does the job very good for me

 

 

 

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/