Windows xp repartitioning hard drive

You do the partitioning during installation. See this Microsoft site for basic info. You should search the Dell forums for more info. You should find all you need from people who have actually done it. I have never partitioned a drive with other than one partition. Ceri provided you with a link that shows exactly how to partition the drive Yes I know Is there no difference?

Thanks man IOU one too. Post Reply. Top Contributor. It shows up in my computer as 4 drives partitions and FAT format. I have read many different articles in the message board that are confusing because of the different operating systems used and most peope are trying to do this for the their C: drive.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 4. I am confused because, I did see it as FAT 32 and it said it was healthy. GreyMack 5 Tungsten. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Truthfully, many people know that it is possible to extend system partition by repartitioning hard drive on Windows XP.

However, disk repartitioning will erase all data from the hard drive. Then, is there any way to extend C drive on Windows XP without repartitioning hard disk or losing any data? Usually, you need to extend system partition on Windows XP when this partition does not have enough free space.

Then, how can you know how much free space has left on a system partition? As you know, if your PC runs Windows 7, 8, 10 operating system, you can see clearly how much free space has left on each partition by opening My Computer. When system partition runs on low disk space on Windows 7 , 8, 10, the C drive usually shows red bar in My Computer.

If you want to check how much free space has left on Windows XP C drive, you can right click C drive in My Computer and then click Properties option, after which you can see the total space and free space on the C drive.

If the free space shows less than 2GB or even less, it is necessary to extend the space of the C partition to avoid further problem.

In addition to checking the properties of C drive to check how much free space has left on it, Windows XP may pop up low disk space warning on C drive when it is nearly full.