Roger:
Here is what can be done with the disk manager in
Win 2000.
A short while ago I received a computer (used) with
Win 2000 and a 20 Gb hard drive divided into two partitions.
(A 2 Gb partition (FAT 16) with the operating system on it,
and the rest formatted NTFS with the programs on it).
I prefer my hard drives partitioned in FAT 16. Each one
cannot be larger than 2 Gb.
I then transferred all of the programs from the NTFS
partition to an other hard drive (to be returned later).
Then using fdisk, I removed the non-dos partition (NTFS).
After that I worked with the disk manager in Win 2000 and
created two more 2 Gb partitions and made them primary.
Win 2000 lets you make 3 primary partitions and an
extended partition. Then, using disk manager, I divided
the extended partition into 2 Gb sections.
Then, using fdisk, I made each of the primary partitions
active in turn and placed a different operating system on
each. Now I have three operating systems available on my
20 Gb hard drive. Now I can boot to each operating system
by using fdisk to make its partition the active one.
Believe me, all of this was done with a steep learning curve
and a lot of serious errors and failures along the way.
My thanks to Clint for his help.
I am sure there is a more elegant way of selecting
the operating systems and that someone will
advise me.
Wally
.
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:22:14 -0600 "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Thanks to all for the responses on Disk Manager. I went and
> downloaded the
> "Ranish Disk Manager" in case I need it. Wally asked what OS's I
> have
> around. I have 3 PC's running currently, a Win98, Win98SE, and
> Win2000. I
> haven't used Win 2000 much, but since this email I went looking and
> found
> what I believe to be a disk management tool under "Administrative
> Tools". It
> sounds like, from the replies, that I can slave the HD to this
> computer and
> partition and format it right there. I might have to try that. Also,
> has
> anyone run Win 2000 on a FAT 32 format? Does it work OK? Wasn't Win
> 2000
> built on NTFS technology?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Disk Manager
>
>
> Roger:
> What other computers and OS systems do
> you have available to work with? If we know more
> about these items, we can advise you how to use them
> to get what you want.
> Ranish makes a disk partitioning program that you
> can download. Search for it on the Internet.
>
> Wally
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:47:56 -0600 "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a stand alone, bootable disk manager (to
> > partition, &
> > format) that a person can download for free? The only thing I'm
> > coming up
> > with is Ontracks' Disk Manager for about $60. I would like to be
> > able to
> > format to FAT 32 and NTFS. I'm trying to use a 25 gig IBM
> > harddrive,
> > DJNA-352500, but somehow it has 3 partitions and their all FAT16.
> I
> > used
> > Datalife Guard from Western Digital to determine the partitions
> but
> > it won't
> > let me set up the drive. The drive is made by Hitachi. (Deskstar
> > 25GP) At
> > their web site, it says Disk Manager is no longer available for
> > download and
> > to go to the Ontrack website to get it. $60...When I try to
> install
> > Win 2000
> > Pro on this drive, it hangs before I get to the partitioning tool
> > thats
> > included with it. I thought if I could get it setup before hand,
> the
> > install
> > might go easier.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roger C
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