Is this possible?

[dsfreak]

Hey, everyone. I was wondering.... I already have XP installed and since I was not the one to install it, it uses all of the partitionable space, therefore I can't install another OS.


What I would like to know is: Is it possible to create/resize a partition WITHOUT needing to lose all my data?

 

[komodolinux]

dsfreak. well it depends on a lot of things. if theres enough free space on the partition you might get away with resizing.

but i wouldnt bet on it. usually its not a good idea.

you could try ghosting the partitions data, resizing, then reinstalling the data. it may work or may not.

 

[XUnreal]

Defrag and resize your partition, then you dont lose all your data (If you defrag)

 

[Richard]

The question is what do you want to do with the extra partition? If you ate looking to install another operating system for example, the installer some times can repartition your drive for you.

 

[Alejandro]

You could use Partition Magic to resize or create the patition, that program is excelent.

 

[komodolinux]

yeh but once again it comes down to how much actual size he has free on the partition. and how spread out the data actually is.

partition magic and other software can still kill data. especially if you accidentally resize too far.

defrag should bunch the data up somewhat.

whatever he tries the rule is BACK up EVERYTHING first.

that way at worst he can restore data if it is lost

try a tool like ghost to image the original drive.

then if you find resizing kills both partitions you can do an unpartition or something and restore the image to the drive.

 

[pulse__xx]

Partition magic or you could do it the old way using the command fdisk on a windows 98,2000,me,95 bootdisk.

 

[komodolinux]

you can also use a linux distro to resize the partition too.