silly pm 7 question...

[onetrueday]

I know that I should know this and probably do. However, I dont this to a friends computer and wanted to make sure.

If I create another partition using pm7, so I have c and d, then I format c and install winxp... there wont be any problems with d with there?

[YeOldeStonecat]

Yah, but you don't even have to get PM involved...unless there's data you are trying to keep during the install.

In XP's setup, it's still the same setup that NT 4 and 2K have, where you can manage your drives/partitions in the beginning of the setup process. It has it's own equivelant to FDISK, where you can delete/create partitions, and tell it which size you want. I always create the C partition, and do the others through Disk Admin once the OS is setup. Say you have a 40 gig drive, you want C to be 20 gigs, and D to be the rest. During XP's setup, just specify the size of the partition you want, and to have XP install there. Do the other partition once you're up to desktop.

[onetrueday]

Thanks! I'm trying to create a partition to save data before the install though.

[richardc]

If you mean create a D:\ with PM 7 (fat 32)
transfer files to d|\ then format c:\ and install XP to c:\ (fat 32) - there shouldn't be a problem
with PM 7. tis only with the new NTFS that you need PM 7.01 AFAIK.