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Partitioning drive with Preinstall XP
Name: Diane Date: December 9, 2001 at 13:08:07 Pacific
Comment:
I have a new HP computer with XP preinstalled. I want to partition the hard drive to dual boot with Win 2000. When I go to disk manager it shows no unallocated space. All available hard drove is given to C: I do not have restore CDs HP has put them on the drive in a hidden partition and Customer support is slower than the 7 year itch with advise.
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: December 9, 2001 at 17:56:35 Pacific
Reply:
Pick up Partition Magic 7.0 and create a second partition out of the space you create.
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Response Number 2
Name: Paul Carey Date: December 10, 2001 at 05:01:00 Pacific
Reply:
I have exactly the same problem. Is it just not possible using diskpart.exe or disk manager to de-allocate space from the primary partition so that other partitions could be created?
How about reformatting my C: drive and re-installing xp? Would this work?
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