partitioning question

Droogie · 04-25-2009, 07:34 AM

is it possible to partition a drive that has no unallocated space without losing all of your data?

i'm running vista 64 bit and my entire 500gb hdd is one allocated partition, so although i'm pretty sure i would have to reinstall windows in order to do this, i just wanted to make sure.

fmw · 04-25-2009, 01:51 PM

No, you are correct. Repartioning will undo the directories.

Bob692006 · 04-25-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fmw

No, you are correct. Repartioning will undo the directories.

What the hell are you talking about? You can use disk manager right from within Windows Vista to shrink a partition, or you can download a third party partitioning program like Partition Magic and use it to do the same thing.

raoul_1101 · 04-26-2009, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob692006

What the hell are you talking about? You can use disk manager right from within Windows Vista to shrink a partition, or you can download a third party partitioning program like Partition Magic and use it to do the same thing.

Take it easy there..

Typically, when you used to re-partition, yes, you would lose your data. Windows Vista does have a re-partitioning tool, but from my experience doesn't usually work so great. And yes, you can get 3rd party partitioning tools that can help you re-partition without losing your data.

Maintain a positive attitude?

Bob692006 · 04-26-2009, 10:54 AM

But what I'm saying is the OP wasn't asking if repartitioning the entire drive would erase everything. He was basically saying he wanted to create a new partition without losing anything which would be easiest done with what I stated before.

Droogie · 04-26-2009, 10:17 PM

yea all you need to do is shrink the original partion, unfortunatly when i tried to do that my pc froze so it screwed up my original partition. i was able to recover my files though.

thanks for the responses

04-25-2009, 07:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Bob692006 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 264	But what I'm saying is the OP wasn't asking if repartitioning the entire drive would erase everything. He was basically saying he wanted to create a new partition without losing anything which would be easiest done with what I stated before. __________________ CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9850 - OC'd to 2.7 Ghz Mobo: ASUS M4A78 Plus RAM: 4 Gb Kingston PC6400 800 GPU: GeForce 8600 GT HDD: Western Digital 500 Gb SATA at 7200 Western Digital 160 Gb SATA at 7200 CASE: Raidmax Scorpio 868 420W PSU

04-26-2009, 10:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Droogie Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 19 Posts: 3,670	yea all you need to do is shrink the original partion, unfortunatly when i tried to do that my pc froze so it screwed up my original partition. i was able to recover my files though. thanks for the responses __________________ formerly tknick90 [Asus P5N-D] [Q6700] [9800 GTX] [4GB DDR2 800] [Antec 900] [Windows 7 Professional]

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04-25-2009, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
fmw Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 474	No, you are correct. Repartioning will undo the directories.