j.paul Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 There is some info about partitioning and boot disks here http://freepctech.com/pc/001/001.shtml Partition Magic is the spot on for partitioning hard drive.. (its now part of Norton) http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/ There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breff Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 you'll need to use fdisk to partition a hard drive or software like partition magic. The opinions I express are mine and are usually correct! (Except when I'm wrong)(which I'm not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurandy Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 If you really do need a separate partition with DOS on it you will have a big and potentially dangerous job ahead of you, so do check that you really can't do what you need using DOS mode within windows, this is usually controlled via the PIF (look these up in Help). There are a lot of options within that if you explore it and I would be quite surprised if you can't make it do what you need. Your existing PC probably has one single partition filling the whole disk. It is NOT possible to split this using Microsoft tools. You have to wipe the whole disk, create your partitions, format them and reinstall EVERYTHING. Obviously you need to take backups first. To check your partitions: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Adminstrative Tools, Computer Management. Then click on Disk Management under Storage. That will show your partitions. These may include some small ones put there by the PC manaufacturer that hold recovery tools and data - don't touch these! Third-party Partitioning tools say they CAN split partitions. But, before doing this you would definitely want to take backups anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 You have to wipe the whole disk, create your partitions, format them and reinstall EVERYTHING. Obviously you need to take backups first. 34713[/snapback] No you don't, I use Partition Magic all the time for partitioning drives with Windows already on before installing Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Security Technician Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 hmmm sounds a bit too much like hard work, dont really fancy formatting etc, thankyou all for your advice though, i am going to try using cmd within xp and do it that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.paul Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 No you don't, I use Partition Magic all the time for partitioning drives with Windows already on before installing Linux.Got to agree with "Lurch" Partition Magic works great with no problems and no loss of data on your hard drive.... Quote from Norton web site: Symantec There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateurandy Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hello jpaul and Lurch, if you read my post we're saying the same thing. I said It is NOT possible to split this using Microsoft tools. which I'm pretty sure is correct.I then said that you CAN using third-party tools, but you should take a backup first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Ah righto, I think that was one of those paragraphs you can take any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.paul Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Third-party Partitioning tools say they CAN split partitions I think it was the way you said it But you were right in saying "take a backup first" just in case There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breff Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 By the way, I've got a bit of free software on my laptop called Dosbox that allows me to run all my old dos programs, you can control the run speed as well incase they're going a bit too fast. The opinions I express are mine and are usually correct! (Except when I'm wrong)(which I'm not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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