partition hard drive

mangojaijai · 04-21-2005, 11:25 AM

i have a seagate 160gb hdd, i want to split it into 2 partition without damage the data in my drive. so what software should i use except powerquest or norton partition magic... because these 2 softwares are not work for this drive.

**norin** · 04-21-2005, 02:44 PM

i assume since you said without harming data there is already data on the HDD. what you need to do is if you are RESIZING a partition. is defrag. no matter what the OS tells you [i.e. says no defrag needed do it any way] this will move free space to the end of the HDD and all the files and data and such to the front so to speak.

[no offence to linux community as i am running linux as well]

once this is done you can use as what i do sometimes. use a downloaded copy of SuSE 9.1 from http://www.linuxiso.org and use it to resize the windows partition. the download is free and no charge to you. cept mebbe for the CDs you burn too. i suggest using CDRW tho. that way if you not want SuSE then you can drop it after the resize has completed. or if you are resizing and splitting the drive for linux most distros i think if not all have the ability to resize for you.

mangojaijai · 04-22-2005, 03:33 AM

thanks problem solved

**norin** · 04-22-2005, 06:34 AM

awesome glad to hear it. come back and let us know if you have any other issues.

04-21-2005, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
mangojaijai Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14 OS: xp	partition hard drive i have a seagate 160gb hdd, i want to split it into 2 partition without damage the data in my drive. so what software should i use except powerquest or norton partition magic... because these 2 softwares are not work for this drive.

04-21-2005, 02:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	i assume since you said without harming data there is already data on the HDD. what you need to do is if you are RESIZING a partition. is defrag. no matter what the OS tells you [i.e. says no defrag needed do it any way] this will move free space to the end of the HDD and all the files and data and such to the front so to speak. [no offence to linux community as i am running linux as well] once this is done you can use as what i do sometimes. use a downloaded copy of SuSE 9.1 from http://www.linuxiso.org and use it to resize the windows partition. the download is free and no charge to you. cept mebbe for the CDs you burn too. i suggest using CDRW tho. that way if you not want SuSE then you can drop it after the resize has completed. or if you are resizing and splitting the drive for linux most distros i think if not all have the ability to resize for you. __________________

04-22-2005, 06:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	awesome glad to hear it. come back and let us know if you have any other issues. __________________

04-22-2005, 03:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
mangojaijai Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14 OS: xp	thanks problem solved