How to make partitions in hard disk?

I got blue ACER ASPIRE ONE with 1Gb ram and 120Gb hard disk and WindowsXP.

In hard disk
1 partition is for recovery
2nd partition of 105Gb contains WindowsXP.

Can we format recovery drive be ?
How can i make partition in 2nd partition without disturbing XP?

 

Partition Magic??

 

i have Gparted(liveUSB) software to make partition.
i didn't touch recovery drive yet.



but if while making patition (booting from usb & making partition) something goes wrong and xp gets deleted then will i be able to recover my xp?

i want to make 3 partition as follows-
1) XP:- 15.6Gb
2)D: - 45Gb
3)E: - 45Gb

i had already downloaded gpared liveUSB software.


please reply as soon as possible
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As mentioned in another thread, the free Easeus partition manager software is perfect for resizing the XP partition on the AA1. You set the size, it reboots and does the work. It takes a few minutes total.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

 

Hi, just thought I'd post a message.

I just used EASEUS Partition Manager on my Acer 120Gb. It worked like a charm - really straightforward and easy to use with some good help files. I created two partitions: a 15 Gb C drive and a ~91 Gb D drive for my documents.

It was a two stage job: first click on C drive and resize it (I did only this one first to see how it worked).
It reboots twice, took 5 to 10 minutes.

Then create the D drive from the unallocated space left over after the C drive resize. Didn't need to reboot after this.

The only issue I had was that Google Desktop failed. I'm about to reinstall that. Everything else works fine (so far) and absolutely no problems loading XP up.

Simon

 

You keept the recovery partition? Got rid of it?
If I change the size of C and made another partition, i need to disable D2D??
Thx

 

no
usind easus pm its very simle & safe

 

Norton Partition Magic works fine as well. Neither the XP or recovery partitions are disturbed in any way except of course for size which is what we are after anyway.