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cralford
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_ 		2. September 2008 @ 14:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am adding a second hard drive to my dell running xp. The second drive is the same brand/model/size as the primary disk

Is there a simple way to partition and format the second drive to match the primary?

I am not looking to copy data just create the partitions. It looks like my primary drive has 3 partitions all basic.

1. 55 MB FAT (EISA Configuration)
2. 131.64 GB NTFS - This is my C:
3. 17.32 GB FAT32 - I am guessing this is my DSR (Dell System Restore)

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere but I cannot find it. I know in unix you can use a combination of prtvtoc and fmthard to do this but I do not know windows.

Thanks so much for your help.
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jony218
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_ 		2. September 2008 @ 21:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would probably use the free gparted to partitioned it. It's a bootcd that can conduct the basic partitioning tasks.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
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