Is it possible to partition a usb harddrive?

[Helmutt]

Is it possible to partition a usb harddrive? I have tried with Acronis partition manager. I create the partition but when I come to end the acronis program I get an error message that says there is not enough memory and the partition dissapears. I am sure pure memory is not the problem but don't know what is. Any experience???

[Dave Mak]

i take it you already have info on the drive. i've never liked any of these partition magic type utils. i always setup the partitions when the drive is blank, using disk management (right click my computer, manage, storage, disk management) within windows. a lot less hassle, so if you can back-up the data you have on the drive (you should have done this anyway before running any partitioning tools) then format the drive under disk management, you can now select the size you wish for the partition. :ok

[Helmutt]

Cheers Dave. There is no data on the drive at present as I only got hold of it yesterday. Hence my suprise at the lack of memory failure. I will give it a go through windows. I appreciate your help yet again.
Helmutt

[Helmutt]

Hi Dave, took your advice and worked through disk management but when I did format it only gave me options up to 64k (starting at 512, 1024, 2048......64k no chance for manual input). Is there something else I need to change first?

[Dave Mak]

(all in disk management)

first off, right click on the usb drive and select delete partition so that it says unallocated.

[Dave Mak]

now right click again and select new partition.

[Dave Mak]

first page is an intro, just press next...

now you want to create a primary partition.

[Dave Mak]

now enter the size for the partition you want. i'm using a 8 gig drive, so i'm creating a 4 gig partition

[Dave Mak]

now assign a drive letter

[Dave Mak]

select ntfs for file system, leave allocation file size as defaut, and a name for the drive, also tick quick format

[Dave Mak]

the result... just repeat the steps for the next partition. :ok

[Helmutt]

Thanks Dave. Its clunking away now formatting so hope it is OK. I appreciate your help.