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    norton partition magic

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by digi111, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys.

    I have windows MCE 2005 on my laptop and I want to partition the drive with norton partition majic and install vista on it. I have a 100gig hard drive. the question is how do I partition the drive size correctly and make the MCE drive 70gigs and the vista drive 30gigs?

    thanks for your help
     
    digi111, Jul 17, 2007
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  2. zinfandel

    zinfandel Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think Partion Magic 8.0 works w/Vista
     
    zinfandel, Jul 17, 2007
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Partition magic does not have to work with Vista. He has MCE on his laptop and he will be running it from there.

    Simply follow the wizard in Norton PQ--if 11 is like previous version, you select the existing partition (100) and shrink it--think there is both a slider you can use to decrease the size as well as punching in a number...it's pretty much follow the steps.
     
    gerryf19, Jul 18, 2007
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    I partition it manually through the CMD. Google
     
    davron, Jul 18, 2007
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    I believe he wants to resize his current partition, leaving the current MCE install intact
     
    gerryf19, Jul 18, 2007
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