partition hard drive

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Tony7
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Hi I want to install win xp onto a 300gb HD. I have something already on the HD But I don't need to Keep it.
So, I want to format the HD (taking off what I already have on) install XP and partition it as well.
Advice please. Can I install OS first and then partition the HD or partition HD during install OS.

Thanks in advance.

tony

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Z Cheema
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probably easier to format and partition first and then install OS, that's the way I would do it.

You can partition afterwards but will need a third party program,

Tony7
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Ive got it to the stage that its asking what size for new partition, I have 286173 Mb whats this in GB??
How much do I enter. I would give the OS something like 30 gb for programs etc. but not sure.

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286Gb

100Gb for main partition ...... that way it won't need repartitioned if you change to vista later.

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Tony7
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Gary. Ive set it for the 100gb (102400 MB)

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Tony7
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Z Cheema. you said "but will need a third party program,"
So there no problem doing it after the OS is installed but I would need to buy partition magic or something like that.

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Tony7
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I see that within Disk management it allows you to partition a HD. Is it ok to partition this way or is it best to get Partition Magic.

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fuddam
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that's really for partitioning the remainder of the HDD, not repartitioning an existing partition.

Tony7
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Oh Right, So its ok for me to go ahead and partition the remainder HD with this method.

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fuddam
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sure. I usually partition the system drive via DOS / setup, then only get on to the latter partitions later.

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Z Cheema
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1000,000 Bytes = 1Mb
1000Mb = 1Gb
1000Gb = 1Tb
( ("one million bytes") is actually 1,048,576 (decimal) bytes)

"286173 Mb whats this in GB??"
move the decimal point to the left by 3 spaces to get the answer in Gb

Remember you never get the full size that is on the Disk, so with my 500Gb I only actually get 465Gb

Tony7
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right faddam thanks, "DOS" thats another pile of questions but thats for another day:)

Thanks all

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