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When installing XP it tells you to select a partition to useon my PC it only sHow is 1 partition and nothing else should there be something else I cant create a new partition why?
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You can have one or more partitions on your hard drive. Of you have only one partition it will still ask you where you want to install the OS. Yes you can create more partitions if you have unallocated space on your hard drive. The xp installation program allows you to do that. Just read carefully what's asking you.
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How do you get more partitions?
when installing your operating system you will create them, BE CAREFUL with out a program like partition magic, once you partition a Hard drive it is permanent.
How do you select a partition while installing Linux?
Different installers have slightly different ways of doing things. The basic idea is to specify a partition as the "mount point" for / . That will create the system on that partition.
How do you reallocate unpartition drive?
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How do you free unallocated space on your laptop hard drive?
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How can I create a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot with Back ups for both on 2 hard drives?
I would suggest installing windows on one hard drive, then installing ubuntu on the same hard drive. Use the other hard drive for the backups (partition it).
What did GOD use to create Lucifer?
By definition, "to create" means to make something out of nothing.
How do you upgrade from Red Hat Linux to Windows XP?
You need to delete all partitions created by RedHat (you can use DOS native utility fdisk.exe: delete non-native partition or something like that). After start installing Xp during the installation create a primary partitions for the system drive. After that just follow instructions.
What kinds of partitions can be created on a dynamic disk?
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Do you have to reformat when installing an operating system?
No, there is no requirement of reformatting when installing an operating system as you can install more than one operating system on a samePC. So there is no requirement of formatting the older one, even if you are installing a single new operating system only. Then also there is no requirement of reformatting again, formatting decreases the life of PC. ANSWER: Formatting does not decrease the life of your PC. The statement above is correct in that it is not necessary to format before installing an operating system. However, if you are doing a fresh install, formatting gives you a "clean slate" to install the new operating system. Attain the older one, even if you are installing a single new operating system only , then also there is no requirement of reformatting again, formatting decreases the life of PC. GOOD ANSWER: You do not reformat a PC you reformat a Hard Drive Disk. Whether or not you need to reformat your HDD depends on the operating system you wish to install. Some operating systems require different formats like NTFS or FAT32 so sometimes you need to reformat. You can also have more then one operating system on your HDD but to do this you must create a partition. A partition is a reserved area on the HDD which you can dedicate to different things depending on your needs. Generally, when you are installing an operating system you will have to reformat your HDD or create a partition for the operating system to run on. It does not decrease the life of your PC but sometimes during the reformatting process a few megabites will be lost... nothing serious. Most OSes require one partition to be formatted, but that is why you can create multiple partitions.
What is the largest FAT partition allowed by windows xp?
15641894189 kibbles"Your so stupid32 GB"You're only partly right and can't spell.32GB is the largest FAT32 partition Windows XP will create. However, Windows XP works fine with FAT32 partitions up to 2TB (2000 GB) The easy answer is to create the partition with Windows 98 or something like Parted Magic. Useful information for the large capacity portable hard drives available now. Formatting those to NTFS can be a permissions nightmare on multiple PCs and multiple accounts.
How do you create an ext3 partition?
You would have to create a partiotion using fdisk or some other partition program. then you can format it for ext3 file system sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
How many primary partition can create?
On MBR partitioned hard-drives only 4 primary partition can be created. (Use extended and logical partitions to create more partitions).
