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Yeah like when you installed the first windows you gave it your whole drive. Now it doesn't help if you have 194G left because it's all in one filesystem.
You have to shrink that filesystem and then start partitioning if you want to install an OS or another windows.
This is tricky and you can shoot yourself in the ass pretty easy so make backups.
I use a Linux live CD like gparted which is designed exactly for doing this stuff. Shrink your main windows down as much as you want and then create more partitions for any other os you want to add.
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No problem, do like I said. You could actually install many OS on one drive.
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I think so but I can't understand this sentence. Wanna try again in American English?
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You can pretty much slice up a drive as much as you want using gparted.
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Yeah windows will normally see another NTFS filesystem on the same drive it is on. You will probably get another drive letter with the new windows and it's files. Only problem is in most cases you will probably have to install on each windows because theres no way to share registries and other stuff.
ON a real OS like Linux this wouldn't happen btw.
Originally Posted by graphicsman Ok, ive asked this question before, ive performed the correct function and i can partition my drive. But my question i am not allowed to partition my 250gb hard drive i have, how, in detail please, do i do it?? My 250gb hard drive has my windows XP 64-bit on it, when i went to install my windows XP 32-bit on it, it informed me that there was not enough disk space, well when i look in my computer it tells me that i have 194gb left. Can someone explain to me what is going on?? |
You have to shrink that filesystem and then start partitioning if you want to install an OS or another windows.
This is tricky and you can shoot yourself in the ass pretty easy so make backups.
I use a Linux live CD like gparted which is designed exactly for doing this stuff. Shrink your main windows down as much as you want and then create more partitions for any other os you want to add.
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Originally Posted by graphicsman I'd like to be able to one of two things (meaning if i cant do one, i'll do the other, lol) 1. Make it were i can install BOTH OS systems on that 250gb hard drive. |
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Originally Posted by graphicsman or 2. Partition 20gb for one OS and then seperate the Hard drive into another partition, so i can add other files to it, instead of throwing it in with the OS. |
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Originally Posted by graphicsman ALso, a BONUS qustion, lol. If i install software for one OS, will it be recongized by the other OS, or do i have to install it to the other for it to read on each one. Is there a way i can make a program read on two OS without a double install?? Many questions, lol. 
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ON a real OS like Linux this wouldn't happen btw.
