how can i partition my SATA HDD?

[zawyenaung]

hi,

i bought SATA Drive past week. I have partition magic 8 software also. I want to create a partition in my sata drive. but i can't do partitions.
My SATA drive is 320 GB. how can i make the partition on my SATA drive.

thanks,

 

[G0AOZ]

Need more info from you...

How is this drive to be used?
Is it for a brand new system you're building?
Replacing an existing drive that's full/not functioning etc?
What operating system are you going to be using it with?

If, for example, you have a working XP system, then you could attached the drive (assuming the mobo has a SATA i/face) and use XP's Disk Management service to partition and format it. At the RUN command type diskmgmt.msc, select appropriate disk, partition and format.

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[zawyenaung]

Hi ,
My system is not a brand new system. I already have a IDE HDD. My OS is window xp professional. My OS know the drive. also i can save files and check with diskmgmt.msc. but i can't partition my SATA HDD. I want to make at lease 3 partition on my SATA drive .
how can i make it?
Thanks,

 

[acewarlock]

If it is already partitioned, you'll have to delete the partition and then repartition it using XP HD Manager.




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[wahnula]

First, move any important files from the SATA drive to the IDE drive. Then follow these instructions:

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000

Tony

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