Just about to take delivery of new lap top.

It has an 80gig HDD with XP Pro installed - presumably to 1 C:\ Drive.

Seeking opinions

and yes I have searched the forum and to my surprise I can't find any info

Can I use the XP Disk management feature to divide the disk up to say

C:\ drive 50gig, then a new drive, D:\ of the remaining space (just under 30gig)?

Last thing I really want to do is Fdisk the whole lot

if I can't, will partition magic for XP do the job?

thanks

B)

Just 4 days ago I did similar on a new Dell 8400 desktop with XP Pro SP2 installed.

I used BootIt NG.

Have a look at it - partitioning, imaging, and boot management. Free 30 day trial or $US35 to buy.

http://www.bootitng.com/

I've used it on many occasions for various partitioning procedures and image creation and restoration - and not had any problems.

As far as i'm aware there is no partition re-size native within windows xp.

Personally i use PM8 but there are free tools out there that can do this.

http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/partresizer_info.htm

Windows doesnt support it.. a 3rd party utility is a must..

As everyone else.. i have my own preference.. PartitionMagic8

I too would use partition magic, it has never let me down yet.

PM8 is the best you can find for this kind of stuff. Hands down.

This worked for me when I wanted to resize a partition and install Windows XP 64bit. Plus it is handy if you ever have to deal with system crashes and booting problems. It has a Partition Magic clone. Also its completely free!

System Rescue CD

(Ignore the stuff about just being for Linux, works fine with Windows)

It's my preference, but it's your choice...

There are several free linux like part tools on the ubcd. Those are free. Use those if none of the other options work.

Thanks to all who gave their opinion.

I have managed to track down Partition magig 8 so I am going to play around with that to see how it goes.

any problems with it and I'll be right back.