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Partition problem

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/partition-problem.62716/

ashishnehete
ashishnehete Original post #1
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:18 PM
i have Dell Inspirion 6400
with 120 GB hard disk it give me 111.78GB of space
the C drive contains Windows Vista of 40 GB
i thought that would install XP on D Drive of 22 GB
i made a new partition of 40 GB for multimedia
but there is 10 GB which appears to be unallocated but i can not make a partition of it,gives a error saying that thers not enough space to the operation.
Please help me yaar it is very important i can not lose 10 GB for nothing
ravi_9793
Jul 12, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Use partition magic..........your all problem will be solved.
Choto Cheeta
Jul 12, 2007 at 12:27 AM
Before I comment I would request u to post a screen shot of Disk Management, which one can reach by, Right Click on My computer then Click Manage in that new window, now Navigate your self to Disk Management !!!

*img20.imageshack.us/img20/7293/diskmanagement01hk7.jpg

Also take a look at this *support.microsoft.com/kb/309000

and certainlly, the software Ravi said, is one of the best out there :)
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Liggy #4
Jul 12, 2007 at 3:03 AM
yeah definately make sure you do what Choto Cheeta says(By the way nice setup!). that should explain the partitions better ( you may have hidden Dell Partitions) but if you don't care, then yeah go ahead and use the software ravi suggested.
Choto Cheeta
Jul 12, 2007 at 3:12 AM
@Liggy

Its just one Virtual PC Setup, nothing Fancy !!! :p