bmanice Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 When i get to the MS server 2003 install menu, and try to create a partition by pressing "c" nothing happens, i know you can use disk manager to make partition's right in windows, but im unsure of the process... is there any suggestions to doing this? ... im trying to be as cautious as possible, i really dont want to spend hours recovering lost data lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Do you select the unallocated space first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 i really dont want to spend hours recovering lost data lol.... Thats why you back up before partitioning. I agree with Sparda, Check if the Unallocated Space is Selected. If it does not say "C = Create Partition" at the Bottom it is not Selected or you have a broken Install CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmanice Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Its a legit server 2003 copy... just took it out of the package... It shows the c drive but with no "Unallocated Space" option, just "C:" ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildragon76 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 If you don't have any Unallocated Space you can't create a partition. The only way you will be able to create a partition is to delete the C drive and recreate it smaller then it currently is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Are you trying to install from within windows or are you booting from the win2k3 CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrarazen Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 From what I gather, you have a hard disk with one big partition (C:) and are trying to install Server 2003 on it. You can't have two OS's installed on the one partition though so you'll need to make room for a new partition and create it for your Server 2003 installation. The best way of getting this to work would be to use something like Norton Partition Magic to shrink the partition you currently have on the drive as the disk manager in XP can only create and delete partitions. You should shrink it by the amount that you want your new partition for Server 2003 to be (bear in mind that you have to have that much free space on the original partition before you can shrink it). Then, boot up your Server 2003 disc and you should have an option to create a new partition in "unallocated space" which will be available as a second option under (or over) C: in the partition setup menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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