Creating a partition in Windows XP
There might be times when you want to create, delete, format, or validate a
partition manually. For example, you might want to format a partition for data, create a new partition for content specific or delete a partition that is no longer useful to you. The SystemSuite allows you to access these features when you start directly from its Rescue CD.
No need to access to Windows, insert and play SystemSuite Rescue CD (which can be easily made by SystemSuite program, also you can use SystemSuite installation CD as a Rescue CD directly), then you can choose Manual Partitioning tool on the Rescue Disk Menu to create or delete partitions on your hard drive.
CAUTION: It is important that you make a backup of all essential files prior to deleting or formatting partitions. Formatting a partition deletes any data on that partition.
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Guides: for you to create partitions in XP.
Viewing XP Partitions
Step 1. Turn on your computer and insert the Rescue CD.
You might need to restart the computer to start from the CD. If your XP doesn’t start from the CD, you must change the System BIOS to boot from the CD. For information about changing your System BIOS, see the documentation that came with your computer.
Step 2. Select Manual Partitioning at the Rescue Disk Wizard screen, or click the Start menu and select Partitioning.
The Partitioning window always opens displaying the first physical drive, labeled as Drive 0 in the graphical display. The legend in the lower-right uses colors to indicate the type of file system installed on the partition. Both FAT12 and FAT16 partitions are displayed as FAT.
- The Select Disk toolbar section shows the selected drive information.
- The General tab shows the selected drive, partition information, and used disk space.
- The Details tab shows the same information, but shows cluster and sector information for the selected drive.
- The Main Window shows the entire drive divided into partitions.
- The primary partitions are all on the left and logical partitions (partitions within a partition) if any, shown on the right.
- The logical partitions are contained inside of the extended partition.
Step 3. Click the desired partition in the graphical display to select it.
An arrow appears to the left of the selected partition.
Step 4. Select the drive from the drive drop-down list to change drives (if you have multiple hard-drives).
If you have more than three hard drives, you can select one of the first three drives by clicking the buttons labeled, 0, 1, and 2 on the Select Disk toolbar. Open the drop-down list to select from additional drives.
From the selected drive you can:
- Delete existing partitions.
- Create new partition from Free space.
- Use the Advanced Tools to perform a variety of tasks.
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Changing Manual Partition Settings
The Manual Partition settings are used to change how partitions are created and to set the various processes that run as a result of partitioning operations. Open the Start menu and select Settings. You can also open the Advanced menu and select Settings to displays the settings dialog.
- Auto Format on create
It
allows you to automatically format newly created partitions.
- Enable Surface-tests
It allows you to perform error checking on a partition. It is similar to the ScanDisk program in Windows.
- Disable auto-save
It
allows you to make these option settings apply only to the current session — they are not saved.
- Auto BootFixer
It
automatically runs the BootFixer tool after major partitioning operations.
- Confirm NTFS time-zone settings
It
allows you to receive questions about the local settings each time this information is used, such as converting from NTFS to FAT or back. If the local settings don’t match your operating system, file date/times and file names might change during the conversion.
- Allow multi-undo formatting
 It allows you to save the information about undoing formatting for the BackStep Wizard. This has no effect in this
version.
- Always change SID after copy
It
allows you to update the 2000/XP/2003 SID (Security Identifier) after a copy operation. This insures the copy doesn’t have the same SID as the original.
- Enable Restart checkpoint
It allows you to recover during the middle of a critical partitioning operation in the event of a power failure or computer reset.
- Enable USB support
It allows Rescue Disk to access external hard drives, mice, and keyboards connected to a USB port. If you experience problems
with your USB devices, you can disable this option.
NOTE: We recommend that you wait to attach any USB hard drives until after your computer reboots. Even if you disable this option, your system BIOS might still detect your USB hard drives. However, the BIOS emulation is extremely slow and can cause long delays when starting the OS Wizard or Partitioning.
- Video Mode Options
It
allow you to select your screen resolution, or use the Auto-detect option to detect it automatically.
- Mouse Speed
It
allows you to adjust the on-screen speed of your mouse.
- Reset to defaults button
It
allows you to return the settings to default values
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Creating Partitions In XP
To create a partition on the drive, you must first have free space available. Free space for partitioning is space on the hard drive that hasn’t been put into a partition. This isn’t the same as unused space within an existing partition. Free space is identified by the word Free in the drive diagram.
Step 1. Click the Free area on the diskmap.
White bars appear on each side when it is selected.
Step 2. Click the Create button and a dialog opens indicating the maximum size allowed.
Step 3. Specify the size of the partition you want to create.
The program automatically double-checks to make sure that you haven’t entered an invalid value. The partition can’t be made any larger than the
maximum size indicated.
Step 4. Create a new partition
Enter a volume label for the partition, then check the Enable surface scan option, if you want to check for errors in the partition area. check the Custom Partition Type option, if you want to select a specific file system for the partition.
- FAT is usually automatically selected for Windows and DOS partitions.
- FAT32 is usually selected for Windows partitions over 2 GB.
- NTFS is usually selected for Windows 2000/XP/2003 partitions.
After you have entered the necessary information, click Next to create and format the partition.
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