Re: Install XP Pro, putting "Documents and Settings" on its own partition

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Fantastic! I wrongly assumed that the recovery console stuff was only useful
for recovery tasks on an existing Windows installation. Thanks for the tip.

FWIW, the 'diskpart' program that's p/o XP's recovery console lacks the
partitioning features I need. Consequently, I'm using the 'fdisk' program
from a Knoppix Linux CD to set up the partitions. Once the partitioning is
done, I boot using XP's recovery console and format the NTFS partitions.
This seems to work pretty well.


Jim


"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You can boot into the Recovery Console and use the Diskpart command.

With your computer set to boot from your CD drive, put the XP installation
CD in the drive and restart your computer.
Hit any key when prompted to boot from the CD.
When the "Welcome to Setup" page is displayed, hit the R key to enter the
Recovery Console.
Enter Diskpart at the prompt. Press C to create a partition.
Hit the backspace key until the highlighted box next to "Create partition
of size (in MB)" is empty.
Enter the size in MB that you want for your C drive.
Hit the Enter key.
Use the down arrow on your keyboard to highlight the remaining
unpartitioned space on your HD.
Use the same procedure to create your D drive.
Once you've set up all your partitions, hit the Escape key.
At the prompt enter Format C:
Keep in mind that the default is to format the drive NTFS.
Once C is formatted, do the same for your D drive.
To restart your computer type Exit at the prompt and hit the Enter key.

Here are a few articles that you may find useful:

To start the computer and use the Recovery Console
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/recovery_run_console.mspx

Diskpart
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_diskpart.mspx

Format
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_format.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan


O8V3E30LGHA.3860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Jim Fischer <jfischer_link5809{at}now.here.com> wrote:
Unless I'm missing something here, I cannot use the
'diskpart' utility if there is no operating system
available. I have a wiped disk with no OS on it.
[snip]


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