creating partitions in Win2K

[CSFM]

I am trying to create a simple d: drive on this PC and the darn thing wont give me any options to do so...

So I am asking if someone can please tell me how I can bring these options in Disk Management back, or if someone can point me in the direction of some free 3rd party software so I can create this partition and go home.

-CSFM-

 

[StuckMojo]

you mean you right click on the drive and "create partition" or whatever is disabled (aka greyed out)?

 

[CSFM]

It just doesn't exist

 

[CSFM]

I have disk management open, I am looking at the drives as a bar graph, I right click on the drive c: and I don't get the option at all, not even greyed out.

 

[Booty]

I didn't think that you could just create a partition in Win2k... anyway, I was thinking Partition Magic had a demo, but it doesn't allow you to keep your changes, so forget that... maybe there's something released under the GPL. If not, well, maybe find a friend who has a copy of PM or something... or just bite the bullet and reinstall and create the partitions at that point.

I'd let you borrow my copy of PM, if I knew you.

 

[CSFM]

I tried to create the partition during setup but I was unable to create a partition on the main drive. Win2K would only allow me to create a partition equal to the full size of the disk.

-Adam-

 

[mikecel79]

I didn't think that you could just create a partition in Win2k

Every version of Windows 95 and up has been able to create partitions! No need for PM for something as simple as that.

CSFM I think your problem is that since you created a partition the entire size of the disk there is no free space, hence no option to create a partition. I know for a fact that you can create a partition that takes only part of the disk in a Win2k install. I do it on almost a daily basis!! Now if you did create a partition the entire size of the drive then you will need some 3rd party software to shrink your partition now and then add a new one.