how do i create a second partition when the primary
already uses 100% space? using fdisk utility on command
prompt?
Tim Slattery - 18 Nov 2003 13:40 GMT
>how do i create a second partition when the primary
>already uses 100% space? using fdisk utility on command
>prompt?
FDISK can create a new partition if there is unused space on the
drive. If your existing partition uses all the space, then there is
nothing you can do.

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philo - 18 Nov 2003 14:22 GMT
> how do i create a second partition when the primary
> already uses 100% space? using fdisk utility on command
> prompt?
you'd have to *destroy* data to do so
as you'd have to first delete you primary partition
you might want to look at 3rd party software such as partition magic
to so so non-destructively
Jeff Richards - 19 Nov 2003 00:34 GMT
Three products that can re-size the existing partition to give you room to
create a new partition are Partition Magic (Powerquest), Partition Resizer,
and BootitNG. There are probably others.
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> how do i create a second partition when the primary
> already uses 100% space? using fdisk utility on command
> prompt?