I set no partition for XP while installing, so there it is lost in a vast empty terra byte desert. Wouldn't it be better to get it in its own little kingdom, with a nice partition boundery between it and the mostly empty hard drive? My concern is can I get all of XP into the partition, with nothing of it left out of its partition.
I I'm hoping that is easy, but I haven't done it yet.I used diskpart on an empty drive, but not one where XP was already installed.
Here's how diskpart works, very easy, I thought:I'll appreciate any suggestions,and explanations of what extended partitions are, and if I should put XP in the primary drive.
snip. To create a partition or logical drive You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. You can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition. Using a command line Open Command Prompt. Type: diskpart At the DISKPART prompt, type: list disk Make note of the disk number of the disk on which you want to create a primary or extended partition. At the DISKPART prompt, type: select disk nSelect the disk n where you want to create the primary or extended partition.
At the DISKPART prompt, type one of the following: create partition primary [size=n] [offset=n] [noerr] or create partition extended [size=n] [offset=n] [noerr] or create partition logical [size=n] [offset=n] [noerr] Value Description list disk Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of available free space, whether the disk is a basic disk, and whether the disk uses the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style. The disk marked with an asterisk (*) has focus. select disk Selects the specified disk, where n is the disk number, and shifts the focus to it. create partition primary Creates a primary partition on the current basic disk. After you create the partition, the focus automatically shifts to the new partition. The partition does not receive a drive letter; you must use the assign command to assign a drive letter to the partition. create partition extended Creates an extended partition on the current drive. After the partition has been created, the focus automatically shifts to the new partition. Only one extended partition can be created per disk. This command fails if you attempt to create an extended partition within another extended partition. You must create an extended partition before you can create logical drives. create partition logical Creates a logical drive in the extended partition. After the partition has been created, the focus automatically shifts to the new logical drive. size=n The size of the partition in megabytes (MB). If no size is given, the partition continues until there is no more unallocated space in the current region. The size is cylinder snapped; the size is rounded to the closest cylinder boundary. For example, if you specify a size of 500 MB, the partition would be rounded up to 504 MB. offset=n The byte offset at which to create the partition. If no offset is given, the partition will start at the beginning of the first free space on the disk. For master boot record (MBR) disks, the offset is cylinder snapped; the offset is rounded to the closest cylinder boundary. For example, if you specify an offset that is 27 MB and the cylinder size is 8 MB, the offset is rounded to the 24 MB boundary. noerr For scripting only. When an error is encountered, specifies that DiskPart continues to process commands as if the error did not occur. Without the noerr parameter, an error causes DiskPart to exit with an error code. Notes You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. You can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition. You cannot create partitions on removable media using DiskPart. snip.
