Re: Partitioning question

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

Jon, when you formatted the drive NTFS the drive had only one partition.
You cannot split up that one partition into smaller
ones unless you use a third party Software such as Acronis Disk Manager or
Symantec Partition Magic. Disk Management
in WinXP will only create a new partition from unused space on your hard
drive. So, yes do delete the one NTFS partition
you created and then create the desired number of smaller partitions.
After they are created you can format in NTFS or
FAT32.




"Jon" <learner@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45d4c96a$0$2448$db0fefd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am running XP HE SP2.

I recently purchased an external Seagate 400GB USB drive, which was
immediately 'found' and recognised by XP. As the drive came pre-formatted
as FAT32, using 'Disk Management', I formatted the drive into NTFS. I was
hoping to split the drive into partitions, but I can't find a way to do
this within 'Disk Management' now... can anyone tell me how I do this,
please?

Thanks.



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Attempts to format G: hard drive partition fail
    ... If you choose the full format, ... and searched on "reformat" but the only thing I ... Because Disk Management utterly fails to format the ... partition also. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Prepare new drive without using Disk Management
    ... I need to partition and format the drive. ... difficulty with larger discs over 300GB, ... It's apparent that you're familiar with XP's Disk Management utility ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: large hard drive issue
    ... FYI...I just decided to format it through Disk Management. ... > drives, ... how did you partition and format the drive? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Having trouble formatting 3rd hard drive
    ... When I boot up, it just stays at the WinXP screen with the ... the disk as one big 300GB partition, then try creating a slightly smaller ... I first went to format it through Disk management but it failed giving ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Can a new Mac export to an XP drive?
    ... > You can use the XP disk management feature to format it at any time. ... It looks like the OP has Windows XP installed on that external ... or if the partition has Windows XP and the OP doesn't care ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)