Re: Partitioning Hard drive

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From: Patti MacLeod (pam120_at_nospamshaw.ca)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:20:38 -0400

Hi Rob,

It sounds like you may be confusing "free space" with "unallocated space".
Free space is the amount of space available for use on an existing
partition, whereas unallocated space is space on the hard drive which has
not yet been partitioned.

Regards, 

-- 
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EDBA6545-D1E5-49B9-81CB-F53A807EA9DE@microsoft.com...
> I cannot partition my hard drive. There is plenty of space, but when I
look
> at 'disk management' it does not show 'unallocated'. It only displays
> 'Primary partition'.
> When I right click on C drive, I don't get the option to click 'New
> Partition'.

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