Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton Magic 7
and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end. My
questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also designated
the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments

You need Partition Magic 8, not 7.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"gen" wrote:

| Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton Magic 7
| and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end. My
| questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
| disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also designated
| the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments

so let's say you have a 40gb partition as C
you want to shrink C to 30gb and create the other 10gb as D right? (just
example sizes)
yes you can use partition magic 7 (good idea to have the 7.01 update first)
before you do anything, backup any critical data, then you can use partition
magic to shrink C and with the empty space, you can create D as a primary or
extended partition
you can have up to 4 primary partitions on a drive, but of course will still
boot from C


FYI Carey - 7 works with XP

http://www.computergripes.com/PartitionMagic.html#FYI


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:e%23VGZNTEGHA.336@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> You need Partition Magic 8, not 7.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "gen" wrote:
>
> | Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton
> Magic 7
> | and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end.
> My
> | questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
> | disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also
> designated
> | the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments

gen <gen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton Magic 7
>and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end. My
>questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
>disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also designated
>the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments

PM can shrink your existing C: partition and use the freed-up space to
create a new partition. The OS and other files in C: will not be
disrupted. (But it's always a good idea to back up anything you don't
want to lose before doing something drastic like this.)

There are two kinds of partition: primary and extended. A primary
partition contains a file system, and gets a drive letter (assuming
you're using an operating system that understands that file system).
Since the partition table can have only four entries and sometimes we
want more than four partitions on a disk, the extended partition was
invented. An Extended partition contains another partition table and
more partitions. These are called "logical drives", so as not to
confuse them with the four actual partitions. Confused? So are the
rest of us.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov

Having used Partition Magic 7, with the latest update,
it corrupted two different Windows XP installations.
That is why I suggested Partition Magic 8.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User


"seth" wrote:

> so let's say you have a 40gb partition as C
> you want to shrink C to 30gb and create the other 10gb as D right? (just
> example sizes)
> yes you can use partition magic 7 (good idea to have the 7.01 update first)
> before you do anything, backup any critical data, then you can use partition
> magic to shrink C and with the empty space, you can create D as a primary or
> extended partition
> you can have up to 4 primary partitions on a drive, but of course will still
> boot from C
>
>
> FYI Carey - 7 works with XP
>
> http://www.computergripes.com/PartitionMagic.html#FYI
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e%23VGZNTEGHA.336@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > You need Partition Magic 8, not 7.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows - Shell/User
> > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> > news://msnews.microsoft.com/
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "gen" wrote:
> >
> > | Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton
> > Magic 7
> > | and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end.
> > My
> > | questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
> > | disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also
> > designated
> > | the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments
>
>
>

Many thanks for all the response. Now, the question is to risk it or not to
risk it .... or spend some money to get Magic 8 /////

"Tim Slattery" wrote:

> gen <gen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton Magic 7
> >and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end. My
> >questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
> >disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also designated
> >the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments
>
> PM can shrink your existing C: partition and use the freed-up space to
> create a new partition. The OS and other files in C: will not be
> disrupted. (But it's always a good idea to back up anything you don't
> want to lose before doing something drastic like this.)
>
> There are two kinds of partition: primary and extended. A primary
> partition contains a file system, and gets a drive letter (assuming
> you're using an operating system that understands that file system).
> Since the partition table can have only four entries and sometimes we
> want more than four partitions on a disk, the extended partition was
> invented. An Extended partition contains another partition table and
> more partitions. These are called "logical drives", so as not to
> confuse them with the four actual partitions. Confused? So are the
> rest of us.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
>

7 would work; but do recommend getting 8

"gen" <gen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:09CD2A29-BC2C-481D-B9D7-E8CB2D233097@microsoft.com...
> Many thanks for all the response. Now, the question is to risk it or not
> to
> risk it .... or spend some money to get Magic 8 /////
>
> "Tim Slattery" wrote:
>
>> gen <gen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Using xp home and at the moment have only c; drive. I have Partiton
>> >Magic 7
>> >and I thought to seek advice first before I plunge into thed deep end.
>> >My
>> >questions are:- can I use PM7 to create another partition d: ? Will this
>> >disrupt the operating system in c:? Will the d: partition be also
>> >designated
>> >the ' primary partition'? Look forward for your comments
>>
>> PM can shrink your existing C: partition and use the freed-up space to
>> create a new partition. The OS and other files in C: will not be
>> disrupted. (But it's always a good idea to back up anything you don't
>> want to lose before doing something drastic like this.)
>>
>> There are two kinds of partition: primary and extended. A primary
>> partition contains a file system, and gets a drive letter (assuming
>> you're using an operating system that understands that file system).
>> Since the partition table can have only four entries and sometimes we
>> want more than four partitions on a disk, the extended partition was
>> invented. An Extended partition contains another partition table and
>> more partitions. These are called "logical drives", so as not to
>> confuse them with the four actual partitions. Confused? So are the
>> rest of us.
>>
>> --
>> Tim Slattery
>> MS MVP(DTS)
>> Slattery_T@bls.gov
>>