Diskpart: access is denied???

[Tejen]

Hey guys im trying to create a partition on my xp installation and the only partition manager i have is vistas disk part i have no internet access so downloading 1 is not an option.Ok so now the problem i have when trying to shrink the drive is that diskpart gives me an error sayin: access is denied.How do i get around this problem.I only have xp installed and i only want to create a partition not dual boot.Any ideas?

 

[Conradl]

Diskpart should be on XP so you don't need the Vista one. The problem is that can't use Diskpart to resize a system disk....

 

[Tejen]

If im not mistaken diskpart is part of vista's installation disk(access it by pressing shift + F10) which is what i used to partition my disk before when i was dual booting with vista.I had xp installed first then created a partition using diskpart with no problems.Then i deleted the vista partition now when trying to create a partition using the above method i get the access denied error.

 

[Conradl]

Oh, I see. Can you see the free disk space in Disk Manager? (It should be there as unused space from the Vista partition)

 

[wishblade]

Stupid question, but are you logged in as admin?

 

[Tejen]

Yep i can see the free space in disk manager and @wishblade ,how does logging in as admin help because im running diskpart from the vista installation cd so im not logging in at all ,i am booting from cd.

 

[JazzeD]

In XP run diskpart from the cmd.
do a "list volume" then
do a "select volume #" where # is the number of the volume u want to extend
and then just type "extend"

Note that the free space needs to be unformated.

 

[Conradl]

What happens if you extend the volume from inside windows XP?

 

[Tejen]

What happens if you extend the volume from inside windows XP?

doesn't allow me to extend the volume

 

[Conradl]

That is strange. Perhaps a screenshot of the disk manager view?

 

[JazzeD]

The free disk space (unused unformated space) needs to be to the immediate right of the volume u are trying to extend?

 

[Tejen]

Thanks for all the replies guys but i have found the solution.... Just going to buy another hdd Lol abit expensive but less headaches plus i will be using the new drive for backup purposes.