Partitioning of HD

[Thinkpad]

Can widows XP partition a HD or do I need third party software to do it with? If I need software can anybody recommend a free utility as I'm only going to need it just once. If not what comercial software will be good to get.

[themortarman]

You can Partition and format the Drive using the Windows installation disk. If you feel you have to break your Drive into multiple Partitions what I do is create the OS partition during the installation then created the other Partitions in "Disk Mangement" after the installation is all done.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

[RyanM]

Windows XP pro will partition your HD however you want to partition it, and it's a lot cleaner interface than the FDISK crap that we used to have to deal with. Most HD manufacturers include a disk with their HD's nowadays that will partition the drive also. I know maxtor and wester digital do.