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Disk Management - New Partition option Greyed Out
I want to use the Disk Managment utility to partition my second Hard Drive
on my new Dell Dimension D4600 XP Home PC. When I open up Disk Management and click on the Unallocated space of the new Hard Drive (Disk 1 Unknown 149GB Not Initialized), I get a pull down menu with these 3 options: New Partition... Properties Help The first choice, New Partition is greyed out. What do I need to do? I am the Administrator by default. I have not setup any passwords. WinXP Home boots up without asking for any password. I am the only user on this computer. Best regards, Tapas |
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Initialize the disk. Right click on Disk 1 (if that is the disk you want to
partition) and select Initialize. Now you can partition. Rocky "Tapas Das" wrote in message ... I want to use the Disk Managment utility to partition my second Hard Drive on my new Dell Dimension D4600 XP Home PC. When I open up Disk Management and click on the Unallocated space of the new Hard Drive (Disk 1 Unknown 149GB Not Initialized), I get a pull down menu with these 3 options: New Partition... Properties Help The first choice, New Partition is greyed out. What do I need to do? I am the Administrator by default. I have not setup any passwords. WinXP Home boots up without asking for any password. I am the only user on this computer. Best regards, Tapas |
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"Rocket J. Squirrel" wrote in message s.com... Initialize the disk. Right click on Disk 1 (if that is the disk you want to partition) and select Initialize. Now you can partition. Rocky Thanks a million Rocky!!! That was indeed the solution to my problem. Thanks for your speedy response. If any one is interested, I took notes of the entire process while partitioning my new hard drive on my Dell Dimension 4600 WinXP Home PC. I bought a Samsung SP1604N 160GB Hard Drive (Ultra ATA 133, 7200RPM) and installed it as my Primary Slave HD. Primary IDE Channel ------------------- Primary Master HD = Western Digital WD800 80GB [C:] Primary Slave HD = Samsung SP1604N 160GB Secondary IDE Channel --------------------- Secondary Master = CDROM Teac DVD+RW Model DV-58E [D:] Secondary Slave = Empty After the Samsung HD is installed and the computer is powered on, XP detects the new hardwa Samsung HD found. Device Manger reports the new Hard Drive | Start | Control Panel | System | Hardware | Device Manger | Disk Drives | SAMSUNG SP1604N WDC WD800BB-75FJA1 System Information reports the new device | Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | System Information | Components | Storage | Disks Manufacturer: Samsung SP1604N Size: 149.05 GB (160,039,272,960 bytes) Manufacturer: Western Digital Model: WDC WD800BB-75FJA1 Size: 74.50 GB (79,999,073,280 bytes) I wanted to partition my new 160 GB Hard Drive as follows: E: 20 GB, NTFS, (For installing Programs) F: 16 GB, FAT32 (For all data files) G: 16 GB, FAT32 (For all data files - Mirror Image of F) H: 108 GB, NTFS (For large video files) I used Disk Management to Partition the new hard drive | Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Storage | Disk Management Disc 0 Basic 74.50 GB This is your original Western Digital C: drive Disc 1 Basic 149.05 GB Uninitialized! This is your new Hard Drive. Right Click on Disk 1 to Initialize Right Click on the Unallocated space (Black Bar) to display this menu: New Partition Properties Help Select New Partition Welcome to the New Partition Wizard ----------------------------------- This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk. A basic disk is a physical disk that contains: Primary partitions Extended partitions Logical drives within extended partitions You can use any version of Windows or MS-DOS to gain access to partitions on basic discs. [Next] Select Partition Type --------------------- There are 3 types of partitions: Primary Extended Logical Select the partition you want to create Primary Extended Description: A primary partition is a volume you create using free space on a basic disk. Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition. You can create up to 4 Primary partitions or (3 Primary partitions + 1 Extended partition) An extended partition is a portion of a Master Boot Record (MBR) basic disk that can contain logical drives. Use and Extended partition if you want to have more than 4 volumes on your MBR basic disk. Select Extended [Next] Specify Partition Size ---------------------- Choose a partition size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes Max disk space = 152625 MB Min disk space = 8 MB Partition size = 152625 MB Select this default full size. You want to make the Extended partition span the whole disk. [Next] Completing the New Partition Wizard ---------------------------------- You have selected: Partition Type: Extended partition Disk selected: Disk 1 Partition size: 152625 MB [Finish] Now you see a green bar for Disk 1 showing 149.04 GB of Free Space Right Click on the Green bar. You will see a drop down menu with 3 choices: New Logical Drive Delete Partition Help Select New Logical Drive Welcome to the New Partition Wizard ----------------------------------- [Next] Select Partition Type ---------------------- Select the partition you want to create Chose Logical Drive Description: A Logical drive is a volume you create within an extended partition on a Master Boot Record (MBR) basic disk. [Next] Specify Partition Size ---------------------- Max disk space = 152618 MB Min disk space = 8 MB Partition size = 21546 [Next] Assign Drive Letter or Path --------------------------- For easier access you can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition Assign the following drive letter = E [Next] Format Partition ----------------- To store data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what setting you want to use Do not format this partition * Format this partition with the following settings File System = NTFS NTFS/FAT32 Allocation unit size = Default (Choices are 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32k, 64k) Volume Label: Programs Perform a quick format = Yes Enable file and folder compression = No [Next] Completing the New Partition Wizard ----------------------------------- You have selected the following settings: Partition type: Logical Drive Disk selected: Disk 1 Partition size: 21546 MB Drive letter: E: File System: NTFS Allocation unit size: Default Volume label: Programs Quick format: Yes [Finish] The newly created E: drive shows up in Blue Screen says Formatting. After a few minutes it reads: Programs (E 21.04 GB NTFS Healthy Now you need to divide the remaining free space (128 GB) into 3 additional Logical drives: F = 16 GB Data FAT32 G = 16 GB Data2 FAT32 H = 96 GB Images NTFS Right Click on the Green bar (Free Space on Disk 1) Select New Logical Drive [Next] Select Partition Type ---------------------- Logical Drive [Next] Specify Partition Size ---------------------- Partition size = 15968 MB Assign Drive Letter Assign the following drive letter = F [Next] Format Partition ----------------- Format this partition with the following settings File System = FAT32 Allocation unit size = Default Volume Label = Data1 Perform a quick format = Yes [Next] [Finish] Wait for a few minutes while it is formatting. When finished, the bar turns blue and the new Logical drive reads: Data1 (F 15.6 GB FAT32 Healthy Now you are ready to create Logical Drive G: Right Click on the Green bar (Free Space on Disk 1) Select New Logical Drive [Next] Select Partition Type --------------------- Logical Drive [Next] Specify Partition Size ---------------------- Partition size = 15968 MB Assign Drive Letter Assign the following drive letter = G [Next] Format Partition ---------------- Format this partition with the following settings File System = FAT32 Allocation unit size = Default Volume Label = Data2 Perform a quick format = Yes [Next] [Finish] Wait for a few minutes while it is formatting. When finished, the bar turns blue and the new Logical drive reads: Data2 (G 15.6 GB FAT32 Healthy Finally, you are ready to make the remaining free space = Logical drive H Right Click on the Green bar (Free Space on Disk 1) Select New Logical Drive [Next] Select Partition Type Logical Drive [Next] Specify Partition Size Maximum Disk space = 99128 MB Minm disk space = 8 MB Partition size = 99128 MB Assign Drive Letter Assign the following drive letter = H [Next] Format Partition Format this partition with the following settings File System = NTFS Allocation unit size = Default Volume Label = Images Perform a quick format = Yes Enable file and folder compression = No [Next] [Finish] Wait for a few minutes while it is formatting. When finished, the bar turns blue and the new Logical drive reads: Data1 (H 96.80 GB NTFS Healthy Notes: 1. The Programs were installed on the second hard drive for faster access. This way the Master disk has the OS on Drive C: at the very outer edge for fastest access. The Slave disk has the Programs installed on Logical Drive E: at the very outer edge for faster access. 2. Logical Drives FData1) and GData2) were formatted as FAT32 to make them readable across the network by the older Dell machines running Win98SE 3. The Logical Drive HImages) was formatted as NTFS to support the large video files (greater than 2GB) Hope this information helps someone! Best regards, Tapas |
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