Re: Trying to create logical drives

Wow...again thanks for quick reply...and for solving my issue.

I mentioned in my original question...it is a brand new external USB drive.
So...I haven't got any data on it yet. I wanted to partition and format it
first. When the USB drive was attached...Windows automatically assigned a
drive.

Based on your last reply...I know what what to do now, delete the partition
and re-partition.

Thanks so much!!

Tracy

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

In your first post you said that you "reformatted" the partition
from FAT32 to NTFS. I now assume that you actually meant
"converted" rather than reformatted, i.e. you kept the
pre-existing data.

If you wish to repartition this disk without losing any data
then you have two options:
a) Use a third-party partition manager such as Acronis
Disk Director.
b) Copy your data to a different disk, then delete the
existing partition(s), repartition the disk and format the
partitions.
If the files that are currently on the disk are important
then you must back them up (and test the backup!) before
using Option a). Accidents do happen . . .


"Tracy" <Tracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick response.

The drive already came formatted as FAT32...so this means I am out of
luck?

No other way/utility/tool to partition?

Thanks,
Tracy

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Tracy" <Tracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My computer is running on Windows 2000 Pro SP4.

I have just attached a new LaCie 500 GB external USB 2.0 hard drive. I
re-formatted the drive to NTFS from FAT...no problem. The drive is
showing
as a "Basic" drive type and it is Healthy (Active).

Now I want to create some logical drives, but Disk Management does not
seem
to be giving the option to create a new partion on the drive. What am
I
doing wrong? Can't find anything in Windows help that might point to
my
problem.

Any assistance would be much appreciated...thanks.

You must create the partitions ***before*** you format them.

If you want logical drives then your first step is to create an
extended partition for them.






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