WinXP Partitioning Utility?

natowarhead · 02-06-2011, 04:50 AM

Never fails. You think you're becoming good with a system; And then you run into something that makes you seem like a newbie.

After a few months of fiddling with a low-end linux box, I'm now trying to get it to dual boot on my main comp. But my hard drive has only one partition with Windows XP on it. I need to be able to split the partition so I can install the linux distro.

After some googling, I know that an external program is needed in order to perform the repartitioning without erasing my WinXP setup. But, the searches did not provide a clear choice.

Any recommendations?

Viridis · 02-06-2011, 05:08 AM

Which linux distribution is it? Ubuntu is nice enough to install inside Windows and fake dual-booting, not needing a partition. I think this is installer for it: Wubi

Professor Smarmiarty · 02-06-2011, 05:30 AM

I've used both Partitition Magic and Partititon Manager to do exactly that wihou any problems. If you jus want to create and resize partiions any of the free programs scan do that.

akaSM · 02-06-2011, 02:05 PM

Here's a nice tutorial for managing partitions with an Ubuntu live CD

natowarhead · 02-07-2011, 11:08 AM

Got it done. Thanks for the help.
After some poking around, I found Partition Magic (grr, officially discontinued) and helped me do what I needed.

02-06-2011, 04:50 AM	#1
natowarhead Lurker Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Krynn Posts: 175	WinXP Partitioning Utility? Never fails. You think you're becoming good with a system; And then you run into something that makes you seem like a newbie. After a few months of fiddling with a low-end linux box, I'm now trying to get it to dual boot on my main comp. But my hard drive has only one partition with Windows XP on it. I need to be able to split the partition so I can install the linux distro. After some googling, I know that an external program is needed in order to perform the repartitioning without erasing my WinXP setup. But, the searches did not provide a clear choice. Any recommendations?

02-06-2011, 05:30 AM	#3
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I've used both Partitition Magic and Partititon Manager to do exactly that wihou any problems. If you jus want to create and resize partiions any of the free programs scan do that.

02-07-2011, 11:08 AM	#5
natowarhead Lurker Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Krynn Posts: 175	Got it done. Thanks for the help. After some poking around, I found Partition Magic (grr, officially discontinued) and helped me do what I needed.