Problem when I partitioned Win Xp

[Finns14]

So I made a partition for windows XP the minimum size possible to fit the OS thinking that was all I needed and I would use the remaining space to save everything else. In the process of installing the OS I didn't partition the the remainder of the disk until after I had already installed windows and I partitioned it though compmgmt.csc. Now I seem to be getting erros saying I don't have enough disk space when clearly that isn't a problem as I have a 1T drive. Do I need to reinstall Win Xp and partition the free space during that process? Thanks

 

[Bubbaleone]

XP 32bit can "see" 2 TB, actually 1.891TB. How small did you make the XP partition? Sounds like the insufficient disk space error is referring to the operating system partition itself.

 

[postmortemIA]

it has been debunked million times that splitting OS and installed programs to different partitions is a good idea.

 

[lxskllr]

it has been debunked million times that splitting OS and installed programs to different partitions is a good idea.

Yea, it just leads to headaches. If it were my system, I'd use 100gb for Windows and programs, and use a separate partition for data.

 

[Fardringle]

Splitting the OS and documents can be a good idea since you can wipe Windows (if needed) without affecting your documents, pictures and videos, but putting installed programs on a different drive only succeeds in causing headaches since you'll have to reinstall the programs anyway if you need to reinstall Windows...

 

[haaiamerica]

can you create partitions from partition magic, make 50 gb as "C" install windows in NTFS file format. after installing the windows you can make partitions as you like.

 

[xgsound]

I used this to extend an XP partition that was too small. http://www.extend-partition.com/free-partition-manager.html It's by Aomei and is free. It was very quick and worked with no data quirks. Of course if you backup that will ensure everything goes well.

YMMV.

Jim