And it will do all that without harming any of the data in your original partition. There are many other disk-partitioning utilities that perform the same functions, and even a few that are free.
I haven't tried them all, though. I have used and like Paragon Software's Partition Manager. For a list of other partitioning products, see this Wikipedia entry on disk partitioning. To install Vista smartly in a new partition, you need at least 20GB of free storage capacity.
That will leave you a bit of room to install apps on your Vista partition. This configuration is fine for a temporary installation of Vista just to see what it's like. When you're done, delete the Vista partition and restore things as they were. If you plan to make this a long-term Vista installation and you're planning to move data over and install Office there, make it a 20GB or 25GB Vista partition. You also don't want to choke off the operating system in your main volume or your ability to add new apps and data there.
So leave at least 10GB free, and 15GB would be better. If you don't have 20GB to 40GB of hard disk space free, upgrade your drive capacity, clean install Vista on a different machine wiping the drive or use the virtual memory solution I detail later in this article.
Partitioning Your Drive Start by making sure you've backed up all important data on your hard drive. Install PartitionMagic. Restart Windows. Run PartitionMagic. Use the slider to move the right edge of your main drive to the left, to reduce the size of your main drive.
Let Partition Magic assign the drive letter. Partition Magic carries out the changes you direct in batch mode. So, when you're done, click the Apply button in the Operations Pending area. PartitionMagic will need to restart your computer to carry out some of these operations; just let it do so.
PartitionMagic wants you to create backup disks. I'll be frank, I don't do this. And I've never needed them. That doesn't mean you'll lead as charmed a life.
If it's the first time you're using PartitionMagic, I recommend doing this. When your computer boots back into Windows, you should find a new drive in My Computer. Double-check that you can open it. Your next step is to install Vista. You can either do this by booting to the Vista disc or just inserting the disc while your previous version of Windows is running.
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I need to know how to access the serial number I was given, as my school email account was lost during a recent conversion. I do not need a new serial. Where do I go after I login with my account to manage the products I have in my name. Tuesday, July 25, AM. Wednesday, August 30, AM. Are we supposed to be able to download this now? Or, is this an informational post? Any help or info would be apprectiated Glenn. Wednesday, August 30, PM.
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