Guest aneljr009 Posted January 10, 2008 CID Share Posted January 10, 2008 HELP!! I'm going to reformat my PC because of errors during installations. I want to divide my Disk to have a backup. I have a program for partitioning but can't install because of the windows installer errors, I think. Can I split it using the Command Prompt? then how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ExtremeFusion Posted January 10, 2008 CID Share Posted January 10, 2008 No need to use a command prompt if you are planning to reformat your hard drive... Just boot from the OS CD, then when you are done formatting (assuming you have only one partition), then you can put your desired partition size, before you install your OS.. If you have a previous partition, you have to delete this to make a clean partition after you reformat your hard drive.. Just read what is on the screen when you are installing your OS.. there is an option there Delete Partition, Create Partition.. You don't have to run command prompt and use fdisk to partition your hard drive because as what yo say, you will reformat your PC.. Anyways, if you have a second physical drive and that is the one you want to reformat and create a new partition.. then do this, just type in your Run Command "diskmgmt.msc" (assuming you are on windows XP) without the quote.. It is a GUI for partitioning and formatting (managing) your hard disk... hope this helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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