partition hard drive without using "SUBST"

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 If you want to partition your drive without having any problems you must try some of this:
    Partition Magic  - is for DOS  
    Partition It         - is for Windows

  If you are interessed, send me an email to "xraul@hotmail.com"

Why do you need subst for a partition? What is actually your problem?

I would like to know how WITHOUT e-mailing. I would like to know how from Experts Exchange. (BTW rbr, I dont have a problem, just want to partition and dont know how to)

Try using Fdisk from a dos prompt.

Choose Option 3 to delete a Partition.

Craig

Keep in mind SUBST command DOES NOT create any partition at all; it simply assigns a letter to a specific path, as if it were really a new drive.

When you do

     SUBST  Z:  C:\SOMEDIR

you're assigning letter Z: as a synonym for C:\SOMEDIR

But that's not a partition.

it says there is not enough space and i have more than 500MB of free space.

What exactly are you trying to do or accomplish? I believe we may have a misunderstanding of what you are trying to achieve.

Repartitioning your hard disk involves:
 
    - Deleting any non-DOS partitions
    - Deleting the logical drives in the extended DOS partition, if
      your system has any
    - Deleting the extended DOS partition, if your system has one
    - Deleting any primary DOS partitions
    - Creating a new primary DOS partition
    - Specifying the maximum disk size for the partition, and making
      the partition active


The SUBST command can be used to substitute a drive letter for a directory, like what viking stated earlier.
I have use this command to make a directory appear as a drive letter (In order to play a game without using the CD). I no longer use that command and rather use VirtualCD or FakeCD.


Craig