Help required with partition

Anupam · 01. Oct 2009, 11:23 AM

I need some help with partition. I have never done it before.

My cousin has bought a new laptop of HP. Its one of those OEM ones, where they just create two partitions... one C drive, and other small partition for recovery. I find it quite annoying, that they do not provide option to create partitions.

I would like to create more partitions on the C drive, which is about 285 GB.

I have decided on 4 options... Easeus Partition Manager, Partition Home Wizard, PartedMagic, and GParted. Which one would be able to do the job? I have the first two with me... about the other two... which one should I use?

I have read many people vouch for GParted being able to do the job quite well.

Looking forward to some advices

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dre · 01. Oct 2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anupam

I need some help with partition. I have never done it before.

My cousin has bought a new laptop of HP. Its one of those OEM ones, where they just create two partitions... one C drive, and other small partition for recovery. I find it quite annoying, that they do not provide option to create partitions.

I would like to create more partitions on the C drive, which is about 285 GB.

I have decided on 4 options... Easeus Partition Manager, Partition Home Wizard, PartedMagic, and GParted. Which one would be able to do the job? I have the first two with me... about the other two... which one should I use?

I have read many people vouch for GParted being able to do the job quite well.

Looking forward to some advices

.

I've only used Partition magic, okay it's not free and Paragon. Just to give you example if you perhaps don't no, Paragon felt alot like Partition magic. My recommendation would be Paragon. I've used it alot and it got the job done.

Anupam · 01. Oct 2009, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. Although I am looking for a freeware solution

. Products you suggested are not free? Paragon Partition Manager Express is free, as per CNet.

Jojoyee · 01. Oct 2009, 03:53 PM

If you're running on Windows, both Easeus and Paragon partition managers mentioned in Best Free Partition Managers are doing the job quite well.

First resize the partition C to smaller to create unallocated space, you can then create new partitions from there.

Hope this is of help.

Anupam · 01. Oct 2009, 04:58 PM

Thanks for the reply Jojoyee... will try that

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We will be making the recovery DVDs first, as the HP laptop does not come with any CDs at all

. Not a good move in my opinion. After making the recovery DVDs, then will try my hands on partitioning the drive.

Jojoyee · 01. Oct 2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Anupam

We will be making the recovery DVDs first...

Good and safe move.

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the HP laptop does not come with any CDs at all

. Not a good move in my opinion...

I thought you mentioned there's a recovery partition

dre · 01. Oct 2009, 07:29 PM

Ya, Paragon is free. Image the drive just for safety perhaps...

Anupam · 01. Oct 2009, 07:29 PM

Yes, there is a recovery partition, but no CDs to accompany with. The other laptop that someone else purchased of Dell, has got CDs with it, of OS, drivers, and other softwares that came with the laptop preinstalled. CDs make it easier.

dre · 01. Oct 2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anupam

Yes, there is a recovery partition, but no CDs to accompany with. The other laptop that someone else purchased of Dell, has got CDs with it, of OS, drivers, and other softwares that came with the laptop preinstalled. CDs make it easier.

Easier but slower

Anupam · 01. Oct 2009, 07:41 PM

Yes, but in the case of a hard drive failure, I have the OS and drivers with me on CDs atleast.

01. Oct 2009, 11:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,187	Help required with partition I need some help with partition. I have never done it before. My cousin has bought a new laptop of HP. Its one of those OEM ones, where they just create two partitions... one C drive, and other small partition for recovery. I find it quite annoying, that they do not provide option to create partitions. I would like to create more partitions on the C drive, which is about 285 GB. I have decided on 4 options... Easeus Partition Manager, Partition Home Wizard, PartedMagic, and GParted. Which one would be able to do the job? I have the first two with me... about the other two... which one should I use? I have read many people vouch for GParted being able to do the job quite well. Looking forward to some advices . __________________ Anupam

01. Oct 2009, 03:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,187	Thanks for the suggestions. Although I am looking for a freeware solution . Products you suggested are not free? Paragon Partition Manager Express is free, as per CNet. __________________ Anupam

01. Oct 2009, 03:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jojoyee Maestro di Search Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,058	If you're running on Windows, both Easeus and Paragon partition managers mentioned in Best Free Partition Managers are doing the job quite well. First resize the partition C to smaller to create unallocated space, you can then create new partitions from there. Hope this is of help. __________________ Keep It Short and Sweet

01. Oct 2009, 04:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,187	Thanks for the reply Jojoyee... will try that . We will be making the recovery DVDs first, as the HP laptop does not come with any CDs at all. Not a good move in my opinion. After making the recovery DVDs, then will try my hands on partitioning the drive. __________________ Anupam

01. Oct 2009, 07:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
dre Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 143	Ya, Paragon is free. Image the drive just for safety perhaps... __________________ Windows 3.0, IBM PS/2 i486/DX2, 256K RAM, 50MB HDD, Integrated onboard gfx...

01. Oct 2009, 07:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,187	Yes, there is a recovery partition, but no CDs to accompany with. The other laptop that someone else purchased of Dell, has got CDs with it, of OS, drivers, and other softwares that came with the laptop preinstalled. CDs make it easier. __________________ Anupam

01. Oct 2009, 07:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,187	Yes, but in the case of a hard drive failure, I have the OS and drivers with me on CDs atleast. __________________ Anupam

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