Re: Partitioning ?

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On 4/30/2008, Andy posted this:
OOOOOOHHHH SORRRYYYYY !!!!!!!! - i thought Windows XP Media edition
(WHICH I HAVE) was for this group!. If you have no help to offer, then
don't post!




David B.:
This group is for Windows Media Center issues, repost to a relevant Vista group.

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"Andy" <andyNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:XGTdpQxr8fcceejDandyNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

I have XP on my C drive and i have another spare 200GB HD attached
internally to the PC, is shows up as drive S.

What i'm wanting to know is:

I have some backup files on the spare S drive (about 150GB worth),
leaving 50GB spare on it.

1) Can i put a partition on spare drive S without losing the 150GB worth
of backup files i already have on there ? (so it will become 160GB
(backup) / 40GB partitioned)

2) There is 150GB worth of backup, so if i partition it to 160GB (backup
stuff) and 40GB spare, can i then put Windows Vista on the partitioned
40GB bit of the HD and choose my operating system on startup ? ie. have
a choice on start up whether to go into XP or Vista ?

3) If i later decide i want more than the 40GB partitioned on the Vista
Partition, can i move all the backup (150GB) stuff to a different HD and
then repartition to say 100GB / 100GB without losing Vista ?

Best Regards,
Andrew

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