How To Create A Partition Or Logical Drive In Windows XP
Using the Windows interface
1. Open Computer Management (Local).
2. In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where? Computer Management (Local) > Storage > Disk Management
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3. Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition, or right-click free space in an extended partition, and then click New Logical Drive.
4. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, click Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen.
5. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
6. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.
7. You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives only on basic disks. You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes if this computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition.
8. On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition.
9. On a GUID partition table (GPT) disk, you can create up to 128 primary partitions.
Using a command line
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:
diskpart
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type:
list disk
Make note of the disk number of the disk on which you want to create a primary or extended partition.
4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:
select disk n
Select the disk n where you want to create the primary or extended partition.
5. At the DISKPART prompt, type one of the following:
create partition primary [size=n] [offset=n] [ID=byte | GUID] [noerr]
or
create partition extended [size=n] [offset=n] [noerr]
or
create partition logical [size=n] [offset=n] [noerr]
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.
To open command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives only on basic disks.
You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes if this computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition.
On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition.
On a GUID partition table (GPT) disk, you can create up to 128 primary partitions.
You cannot create partitions on removable media using DiskPart.
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