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Old 21 March 2003, 11:17 AM
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hi there i currently have a60gb hard drive been in my system which i got built up just before christmas, i wondered if i could partition it into another drive 30gb/30gb even thought there is data on it and if i can how do i go about it,

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Old 21 March 2003, 11:21 AM
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You need something like partition magic, unless you are prepared to delete everything and start from new.
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Old 21 March 2003, 11:24 AM
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got too much on the hard drive to delete!!! loads of account documetns and stiff for my business! really cant delete. is there anywhere i can download partition magic?
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Old 21 March 2003, 11:27 AM
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Can't you back up the data to a CD or another drive?
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could do i suppose, but would like to aviod it if possible! please help
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Like fig says go for partion magic but i'd still back it up anyway, hard drives are far from infallable

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