Partitioning without formatting the whole drive?

is it possible for me to create a partition on my hard drive without having to reformat my entire drive?
i have enough empty space on my drive to make the partition i want.

Amon:
Here are a couple of other utilities that do dynamic repartitioning: Volume Works and iPartition.
I have not used either one, but I believe Volume Works has a demo version.
However, before attempting to use any of these utilities, as with any major procedure, be sure you have a good backup of your HDD.
Good luck.
cornelius

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{}   If no drivers will be needed again, c:\windows\inf holds all the drivers for new hardware. This has not been tested
{}   c:\windows\downloaded installations\ This folder holds the installers for some programs you download and install, for example, Tweak UI puts its installer in this folder, and so you can repair it or update its components later. Deleting this folder won’t harm any programs I have ever seen, but you should look inside this and see what you are deleting first.
{}   c:\windows\media\   These are the default windows sounds, if you don’t want them, deleting them wont hurt anything.
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I have just experienced the same thing!
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And the Verify/Repair buttons are also greyed out.
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Would formatting the C drive trigger a "full" factory reset?

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I have a T510i with windows 7. I ran a factory reset from the F11 menu, but it didn't really reset everything and now my windows udates doesnt work anymore. All of them fail, but i keep getting new ones.
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Hi Lead_org!
I bought it aprox 14 months ago, so it might just have ended. I'm not sure for how long my warranty was and I can't access those documents now, as I'm right about to go on a 6 month trip to India. (DESPERATLY trying to fix my computer before I go).
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Next move was to make sure that the machine was fully updated. But then, after running updates for two days i noticed that all updates was flagged as Failed. And that's where I am stuck now. I guess the BSOD is because something is now wrong in the partition table, and the windows updates fail becuase of the "factory reset".
The alternative I'm looking for now is a total factory reset, hoping maybe this can be done by first formating C:, but I don't want to try it without first consulting you guys.
/Simon - really appreciating your replies.

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If you call Apple Customer Service 1-800-767-2775, and provide the serial number of the iMac, you may be able to purchase replacement original system discs.
However, those will be for the version of OS, that was pre-installed when manufactured.
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If the 80 GB HD is original, your model is the 17" iMac G5/ 1.8 MHz which had Panther 10.3.5 pre-installed when manufactured.
The 17" iMac G5/ 1.8 GHz (ALS) was the only 1.8 GHz model to have Tiger 10.4.x pre-installed when manufactured.
If you want to upgrade to a newer version of OS X, you will also need to purchase a corresponding Full Retail Version, of the desired system.
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Lion (50GB say)
Bootcamp (50GB say)
Lion Recovery Partiton (hidden)
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Bootcamp (50GB say)
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Lion Recovery Partiton (hidden)
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Your Duplicator duplicated perfectly, too perfectly Likely would work with same sized drives/partitions.
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