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re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm Posted by alex (2250 messages posted) Yes and it's done very easily but you need some partitioning tool,like PartMagic.Google for disk partitioning utility,you should find some free programs.But don't forget if you transfer your files to the new part it could get infected. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 12:35 pm, Branko wrote: >I have a badly invected computer with syparware and all this stuiff and i can't get >to my stuff. I really need to backup my stuff somehow. Is it possibloe to create >another partition and install windows on it and then access the original partition >to backup my data? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 1:51 pm Posted by geek9pm (915 messages posted) Yes. Some free tools require a working system. It is a whole lot easier if you have another hard drive, even an old 5GB, to hold a clean install of XP, The clean system on a wimp drive can be used in a desktop to fix up the infected system.That is safer. A partition manager, even a good one, can mangle a damaged system. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 2:06 pm Posted by Ricer46 (20470 messages posted) Bad answer. Partiton Magic will do just that, but it also trashes NTFS system partitions making them unreadable far too often. In fact PM8 instructions suggest that you backup your drive BEFORE you use it. The same is probably true for other products. There have been many posts made here in the past where users lost everything when using PM8. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm, alex wrote: > >Yes and it's done very easily but you need some partitioning tool,like PartMagic.Google >for disk partitioning utility,you should find some free programs.But don't forget >if you transfer your files to the new part it could get infected. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 2:24 pm Posted by alex (2250 messages posted) I still use PM7 and my 2 PCs(5HDs)are FAT32.Only the lapdog with Vista on one part is NTFS the 2nd. part is XPro FAT32.Maybe he is running FAT32 also. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 2:06 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >Bad answer. Partiton Magic will do just that, but it also trashes NTFS system partitions >making them unreadable far too often. In fact PM8 instructions suggest that you backup >your drive BEFORE you use it. The same is probably true for other products. There >have been many posts made here in the past where users lost everything when using >PM8. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (11792 messages posted) Use Puppy Linux, a live, bootable CD. See Happyrck's post here for info. http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Help-Windows-XP-Wont-Start-t192486.html&view=findpost&p=1197721#entry1197721 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: creating partition after windows install Monday, October 6, 2008 at 6:57 pm Posted by Ricer46 (20470 messages posted) It's not likely that he's running FAT32, and PM 7 or 8 will indeed work without a problem most of the time, but no one should use it or recommend using it if the drive has irreplaceable data that has not been backed up. It's like playing Russian data roulette. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 2:24 pm, alex wrote: > >I still use PM7 and my 2 PCs(5HDs)are FAT32.Only the lapdog with Vista on one part >is NTFS the 2nd. part is XPro FAT32.Maybe he is running FAT32 also. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum