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I am using XP with a 120GB Hard Drive (NTFS Format). Is ther a way I can partition the drive without doing a re-installation?

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by mark110a

using partition magic will work. but you need a backup of valued data as during the dos stage of the move if the pc locked up and you needed to restart all data is lost and the partition is corrupted.

by bldsm

No. Don't do it - it just slows down processing speed. Best bet now that HDDs are so cheap is fit a second drive.

by erhwen

Partition Magic will be your best choice, you can just resize the C drive, and then partition the rest any way you like, and, I don't believe it will slow down hyour processing speed, having nearly 120GB all on C is going to slow down your processing speed. However, make sure you get Partition Magic 8.0, because if you get an older version it might have trouble running in XP (like freezing up or not responding)

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