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I am trying to create a partition on my windows XP machine (windows came installed when purchased). But when I go to disk management, there is only the one drive listed, and it is not showing any un-allocated space. Is there a way to re-claim some of the allocated space, or will I have to format and reinstall?
Have a look at Easeus Partition Master which I have often used without problem http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Par... As normal with any partition re-sizing/creation operation ensure your backup is up-to-date before proceeding.
Good luck.
BurkeJax, unallocated or unused space? When a partition is created (single or multiple), space is allocated (reserved) for it. It isn't necessarily used, just allocated. Suggest you consult a partition maker for info.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.
A decent partition manager will allow you to reclaim some of the allocated space for a new partition by resizing the existing partition. Just to reiterate what Wahine said, make sure you do a backup of any date you wish to keep. It is not often that things go wrong when playing about with partitions but when they do it is usually fatal.
Stuart
I tried Partition Wizard Home Edition 4.2.2, Paragon Partition Manager 10.0 Personal, Easeus Partition Master 4.1.1 Home edition (all trial editions). I could not get any of these applications to partition the drive. Ed, The drive shows no unallocated space. I have over 400gb free space at this time.
It is a two stage process. First you have to resize the existing partition. Then you partition the un-allocated pace created. Stuart
How do I "Resize the existing partition"???
There should be an option the software to do that. It may be that the trial versions do not have this option. Paragon Partition Manager certainly will do it.
Stuart
Following suggestions of a previous post, I updated my drive from standard to dynamic. Paragon Partition Manager would not work because the drive is dynamic. Is there a way to switch it back to standard?
Where did you get the idea that changing a disk to dynamic would help with resizing a partition? Back to basic - http://www.wilderssecurity.com/show...
Easeus Partition Master Home Ver.4.1.1 is a fully functional partition manager free for home use and will re-size partitions with ease, As a trial I have re-sized a partition in less than 2 minutes.
I got the idea off of multiple message boards. After buying couple pieces of software, I was able to convert back from dynamic to standard, and create the needed partition. I am now posting on Fedora Linux on the new partition. Thanks everyone for your help.
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