hi all,

i was wondering how i would go about partitioning my 1 and only partition, without using partition magic. for some reason my laptop wont let me install it. some kind of runtime error. the cd and floppy drive is busted if that helps...

anybody have any suggestions?

How did you get to an install copy of partition magic if your CD drive doesn't work?

As far as I know there is no way to do that with only the software included with Windows and while running Windows. You either need to install a 3rd party app (like partition magic that you mentioned) or you'll need to get a working floppy or cd-rom drive (perhaps a USB one?) so that you can boot up to another OS or using a boot floppy/cd.

-Ryan Adams
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well i have my ipod i use to transfer stuff back and forth. the bios is too old to boot from usb i believe

Is the Cd-rom busted,broke,bursted,or
do you just have a runtime error.What is
your runtime error?

its busted, and my laptop is now a brick. go me =)

Like I said before. You will need someway to boot to something other than the active windows OS to repartition that drive. If you can't boot from a CD, floppy, or USB, then your only option is to get a program like Partition Magic working.

One last thing: you could pull the hard drive out of the laptop (some laptops this is easy to do, some it's almost impossible) and use an adapter (about $2) to connect it to a desktop PC as a slave drive.

-Ryan Adams
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Palmdev13:

Maybe you need more RAM. If the specs you list are true, why bother with the hastle, when a few new generic laptops start at approx $400?

Harold