FDISK
Disk management
When you are getting ready to install the OS, either Windows 7 or Windows XP. It has an option to Format or Partition a hard drive. If you use the partition function you can decide how much you want to take out of the hard drive storage.
Go to control panel - administrative tools - disk management. There will be all the tools in a handy console to format and partition your hard drive.
The system partition is the active partition of the hard drive and it contains the OS boot record. The boot partition is the partition where the Windows operating system is stored.
There are several tutorials on YouTube which will show you exactly how to remove a partition. Removing a hard drive partition on Windows Vista will create an empty space that you can use to install a new partition. Be aware that it will also delete all data that is on the partition.
The first hard drive or partition.
The C drive in Windows Operating System is the partition on which the OS is installed. It also contains installation files for other programs.
Fdisk. Windows 98 cd's are not bootable (for the most part) so in order to partition a new hard disk in preparation of a windows 98 install, you will need to make a boot floppy (or boot CD, or USB) which will enable you to partition and format the disk for windows install. Follow the link below for some disk images, utilities, and workarounds for the windows 98 bootdisk dilemma.
Yes you can have the Mac OS on one drive and Windows on another drive. Or you can partition a single hard drive and have both on the same drive.
The C drive in Windows Operating System is the partition on which the OS is installed. It also contains installation files for other programs.
boot partition
Use Disk Utility to format or partition hard drives. You should back up the drive before formatting or partitioning.