How to Partition Hard Drive

New Computer Running Windows XP

[gamiziuk]

I recently purchased a nice new speed demon with my bounty check from the Googleplex. It came with a 200 GB hard drive, which I would like to partition in half - I always liked to keep my downloads and the little HTML files on the D: drive to keep them separate from the OS and Program files, etc. Otherwise, the Defrag process becomes a real pain.

Anyhow, I had some programs that could handle partitioning an existing Hard Drive without destroying the Data. These programs required that I boot the machine in DOS mode from a floppy and they could do their job. Worked fine with Win98 and WinME.

Now with Windows XP, DOS mode does not seem to be available. Any solutions on how I can partition an existing HD with Windows XP without destroying the existing data?

[moishe]

I use Partition Magic 8 a Powerquest product purchased by Symantec, check their website.
Works great for making and resizing on the fly.

[gamiziuk]

Does it work with NTFS drives that Windows XP uses?

[bill]

Partition Magic works with NTFS partitions just fine. Another good partitioning software is BootIt NG.