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nospamtanku63
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Thanks for your advice - will try this.
"Badger" wrote in message
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> Easeus will let you resize any partition on the drive.
> Shrink the operating partition and it will create an unallocated space.
> You can create a new partition on any unallocated space.
>
> Badger
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
> news:ml9q061ncihhshotrrg438rt6e6aq9bd4t@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:20:32 +0100, "nospamtanku63"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an application installed which is not behaving as it should be.
>>> A
>>> suggestion from the apps forum (below in quotes)suggested to create a
>>> new
>>> partition on my HDD and run the app from there i.e. -
>>>
>>> "If you wish to go further with experimenting, then you could try and
>>> install another copy of the OS on a different partition and install only
>>> 'APPX' to test it on a brand newly-installed system and see if you
>>> still
>>> get this issue."
>>
>>
>> Well, OK, but that doesn't look like a particularly good suggestion to
>> me.
>>
>>
>>> As for a third party untility, I have looked at EASEUS Partition Master
>>> 4.1.1 Professional Edition but unless I am mistaken this wont allow me
>>> to
>>> partition a HDD that has an OS installed or data on it. The impression I
>>> got
>>> was that a HDD needs to be reformatted before one can create partitions
>>> (??)
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know that particular utility, but it's hard to believe that
>> the drive needs to be reformatted before one can create partitions. If
>> that were the case, the utility wouldn't be needed.
>>
>>
>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
>>> news:eefo065iarok76kh2n6arnroggso7j363e@4ax.com...
>>> > On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:47:24 +0100, "nospamtanku63"
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I have XP (home Ed) on my C drive and I want to create a 2nd
>>> >> partition on
>>> >> this. I have been to disk management but this does not appear to
>>> >> allow me
>>> >> to
>>> >> make a new partition on this drive.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is this possible to do this and if so how can one accomplish this ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Yes, it's possible, but Windows XP doesn't have that capability; it
>>> > requires a third-party program.
>>> >
>>> > Why do you want to do this?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
"Badger" wrote in message
news:%23kBxzHnBLHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Easeus will let you resize any partition on the drive.
> Shrink the operating partition and it will create an unallocated space.
> You can create a new partition on any unallocated space.
>
> Badger
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
> news:ml9q061ncihhshotrrg438rt6e6aq9bd4t@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:20:32 +0100, "nospamtanku63"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an application installed which is not behaving as it should be.
>>> A
>>> suggestion from the apps forum (below in quotes)suggested to create a
>>> new
>>> partition on my HDD and run the app from there i.e. -
>>>
>>> "If you wish to go further with experimenting, then you could try and
>>> install another copy of the OS on a different partition and install only
>>> 'APPX' to test it on a brand newly-installed system and see if you
>>> still
>>> get this issue."
>>
>>
>> Well, OK, but that doesn't look like a particularly good suggestion to
>> me.
>>
>>
>>> As for a third party untility, I have looked at EASEUS Partition Master
>>> 4.1.1 Professional Edition but unless I am mistaken this wont allow me
>>> to
>>> partition a HDD that has an OS installed or data on it. The impression I
>>> got
>>> was that a HDD needs to be reformatted before one can create partitions
>>> (??)
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know that particular utility, but it's hard to believe that
>> the drive needs to be reformatted before one can create partitions. If
>> that were the case, the utility wouldn't be needed.
>>
>>
>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
>>> news:eefo065iarok76kh2n6arnroggso7j363e@4ax.com...
>>> > On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:47:24 +0100, "nospamtanku63"
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I have XP (home Ed) on my C drive and I want to create a 2nd
>>> >> partition on
>>> >> this. I have been to disk management but this does not appear to
>>> >> allow me
>>> >> to
>>> >> make a new partition on this drive.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is this possible to do this and if so how can one accomplish this ?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Yes, it's possible, but Windows XP doesn't have that capability; it
>>> > requires a third-party program.
>>> >
>>> > Why do you want to do this?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
