Re: PROBLEM INSTALLING XP & PARTITIONING IN SETUP

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OK, I think I HAVE found the unallocated space. It wasn't showing up under
My Computer, but I noticed the DVD writer was allocated as E:, and when I
went into Disk management I have 166.77g of unallocated space. So, I think
I may be OK after all. Sheesh!

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DeeDee


"DeeDee" wrote in message news:#8wf0nlrFHA.3556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for your help. I have definitely partitioned the first drive, 20g.
> And initially the second drive was partitioned with the remaining space.
>
> When I went through the install the 3rd time, I deleted the 2nd partition,
> leaving the balance 180g unpartitioned. And selected partition 1 20g and
> installed Windows on that partition, leaving the formatting as it was as
it
> had already been formatted as NTFS in the first attemp at installation.
It
> currently shows Local Disk C: 19.5g total 16.9g free. No other disk
space?
> It doesn't show anything as unallocated.
>
> Basically, you suggested Option 2 - was what I did on my 3rd attempt to
> install - with the above mentioned results.
>
> Help please.
>
> --
> DeeDee
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eRzPvilrFHA.3068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > You have obviously not allocated the partition size and have formatted
the
> > whole drive. Windows has therefore taken all of your drive space and you
> > have no unallocated space in which to create another partition from
within
> > XP.
> >
> > Two options:
> >
> > 1/ Buy a copy of partition magic, shrink the partition down from 200GB
to
> > 20GB ( i assume from your partition claulations that you have a 200GB
> > drive?) This will then give you a 20GB C: drive and 180GB of unallocated
> > space in which you can create either 1 large partition (not recommended)
> or
> > by creating a logical partition, any number of further smaller
partitions.
> >
> > 2/ Re-install Windows XP. Only this time simply create a partition of
20GB
> > and then format this partition. Then let windows install to this
> partition.
> > If you have created the partition correctly you should end up with a
20GB
> C:
> > drive and 180GB of unallocated space.
> >
> > For further details on partitioning and formatting with XP visit my
> website
> > http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq button and take a
> look
> > at question 41. For an illustrated guide to installing windows xp also
> take
> > a look at question 85
> >
> > --
> > John Barnett MVP
> > Associate Expert
> > http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > "DeeDee" <dlyle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:uzt5FalrFHA.2552@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >I can't believe this. OK. So first off, I setup 1 20g partition and 1
> > >180g
> > > partition, was stepped through to formatting NTFS for first partition,
> > > then
> > > did the same for the second partition. At the conclusion of
formatting
> > > the
> > > second partition it went straight into installing windows on the last
> > > partition it had formatted. I did not get an option to select the
> > > partition
> > > I wanted to install on.
> > >
> > > I thought I must have missed it the first time, as I was working on
this
> > > pc
> > > whilst installing the new system box. So, I started again doing the
> exact
> > > same procedure. Same thing.
> > >
> > > So, I started for the 3rd time. After deleting the second partition,
I
> > > had
> > > the option to create another partition or select where I wanted to
> install
> > > windows, I selected partition 1 (c:), and thought I would be able to
> > > format
> > > the other partition through Disk Management. Went through
install/setup
> > > again. And I now have windows installed on c:, but no other disk
space
> > > available to partition.
> > >
> > > What the heck am I doing wrong? Help please.
> > >
> > > --
> > > DeeDee
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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