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Partition hard disk in XP Professional

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by choy.waigiat

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How do I partition hard disk in WIN XP Professional?
I have a 40GB hard disk, my current C drive is only 8GB and I want to partition an extra D and E drive.

thanks and regards,

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by thechas

Go to Administrative Tools.
Click on Computer management.
Click on Disk Management.

If you want your additional hard drive space to be : and E: you must first change the letter assigned to your CD drive(s).
Right click on the CD drive, and select change drive letter and path.
Change the drive letter to F: or higher.
(I use R: for my CD drive, V: for my DVD drive, and W: for my CD-RW drive.)

Then, right click on the free hard drive space.
If needed, create an extended partition usingthe full remaining space on the drive.

Then, right click on the partition, and create a logical drive for D: and then E: of the size you desire.

Finally, right click again, and format the new logical drives.

Chas

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