Dude you got a Dell!!

[SilverTorch]

My dad just got a Dimension 8400 with a 400gig SATA hard drive in it (among other things), he wants me to partition the hard drive.

any software recommendations?
preferably free

thanks.

 

[warcrow]

Yea, use the WinXP installer. You can partition drives before installing everything. Does the Dell verision of XP not allow this?

 

[SilverTorch]

Nope, Dell preloads the PCs with XP (Pro in my case) and just takes you through the setup of the admin password and user accounts, etc

 

[SilverTorch]

anyone?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

400GB? That's a lotta pr0n! :Q

- M4H

 

[igowerf]

My laptop came with an OEM WinXP installation CD. It's just like a regular WinXP disc, except it comes with some Dell software preloaded. You'd have to reformat to use the partitioning tool though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

search "partition" for some wacky free linux tool, or just buy Acronis Partition Expert ($49, downloadable version will burn you a bootable CD).