-=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk new question

Being 77 and grumpy, i occasionally have bother translating
'big A' into english, this makes XP help a little difficult to follow.
1. my interpretation of what i've read, is that XP OS with NT does not need any 
third party app to create partitions. however it is
unclear as to whether or not it formats in the process. if it doesn't, i would 
appreciate help in clarifying this process.
2.  i'm also having bother interpreting what it says about 'double booting'.
please can someone set me straight.
cheers ted

From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk new question
If you have recovery CD's, you normally will not be able to access any
of XP's install functions, as the procedure for replacing your OS is completely 
different. One way to preserve the status quo is to
create
an image of your harddrive as it exists right now. You will need either
a CD burner or an external harddrive and some sort of imaging software.
I use Ghost and many here recommend Acronis True Image (I hope that's
the correct name). You can create an image of your drive, redo the
partitions and then restore the image to the primary partition and use
the other partition for whatever you want.
There are tools like Partition Magic that will resize existing
partitions, leaving the data intact. Please back up anything that is
important to you as these things can always find a way to screw up when
you least expect it.

From: "Don" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:don101@xxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk new question
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:57:59 -0400
You cannot format a hard drive without destroying (for all practical
purposes) all the data on it.
I suspect what you want to do is to partition your harddrive into 2 or more
partitions with your perfectly honed XP Home on the boot partition.
You do not need to format to do that. There are many utilities that will
create, remove and change partitions without loss of existing data.
If you feel you MUST format, then make a back up copy of what you want to
keep or use a utility like Norton GHOST or DISK IMAGE to create an image,
save it to CD or DVD Rom, format and partition the drive and then restore to
the desired partition. Be sure the partition you restore to is large enough
to accept everything that you backed up or imaged.
Greetings from the sunny east coast of Central Florida.

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