steve burnell Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 hi guys, i want to format and split my 120gb hard drive into 2 drives but when i try to do it in fdisk the drive shows up as only about 49gb !!! how can i partition it to be 2 60gb drives or which software is easiest to use in windows to partition hard drives drive is on fat32 7200rpm 8mb cache thanx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 I use Partition Magic.... worht the money.. and you will never get 2 60GB parttions due to overhead,,, most 120Gb drives only have about 114Gb +/- available for use... your 49Gb sounds bit low.... but it just might be all you can use... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve burnell Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 yeah i know i wouldn't get 2 60gb's just making it easier for me to type and i get 111gb when just formated in fat32 i'll have a look for that partition magic thanx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Also, if the disk is blank you can go old-skool and use fdisk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 i want to format and split my 120gb hard drive into 2 drives but when i try to do it in fdisk the drive shows up as only about 49gb !!! guess you didn't read this... anyway partition magic has crashed the last few time i used it, so its on my bad list personally. if you had xp i'd say to partition it in the disk manager but since you're dealing with fat i'd guess you were using 98 or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neural Interface Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 (edited) partition magic is also in my bad books, I used it to merge two partitions and it crashed fubared everything, I had to use recovery software to get my stuff back a lot of hassle I could have done without <_< btw my avatar is more beautiful than yours sky j/k oh sarah Edited January 26, 2004 by [Nerual interface] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I use Partition Magic.... worht the money..and you will never get 2 60GB parttions due to overhead,,, most 120Gb drives only have about 114Gb +/- available for use... your 49Gb sounds bit low.... but it just might be all you can use... yup partition magic works realy good.. but if you have stuff on the drive allready, make shure you do a speed disk or defrag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 ,Jan 25 2004, 07:08 PM] btw my avatar is more beautiful than yours sky j/k oh sarah take those beer glasses off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeter_acres Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 Hmmm that is strange to hear Nerual.... did you try Scandisk? (yes I remember the post!) I have never had a prob with Partition Magic, but I have never used the Merge partiton function (OK, i never had the guts to try it!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I have never had a prob with Partition Magic, but I have never used the Merge partiton function (OK, i never had the guts to try it!) don't unless you have everything backedup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neural Interface Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 yeah had to learn my lesson the hard way about the merge crap, and if I hear scandisk one more time lmao I might have to do a site on sarah like u have on jessica, hmm obsession btw sky whats Jessica es m Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 It probably means "jessica is mine," but that's just a guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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