Partions on Windows XP

[Semi75]

I'm finally am upgraging from 98se on my newest build to XP home and am unsure how to partition the hd for xp. I will be using an OEM WinXP home addition cd and am curious if the good ol fdisk can be used for the install but rather doubt it considering it is a FAT32 9x program?

A good turtial or link would go a long ways in what I'm wanting to do. Normally I just partition the hc into two drives, one for storing backups in case a format is needed. Thanks for your help.

 

[IamDavid]

When installing XP you will be guided thru steps to partition and format your drive.. No need for extra disks or utilities..

 

[Prodigy^]

the old fdisk can't partition in NTFS afaik, and with win xp you should definitely get NTFS. there are probably some third party programs that can partition with NTFS in dos, but the win xp installer will do it for you, just follow the installation instructions. it takes virtually no time to do a 80 gig drive, unlike fdisk which took like half an hour

 

[Semi75]

Thanks No more fdisk is definetly welcomed.