Repartitioning hard drive on MacPro

I was wondering if there were any way besides reinstalling both OS X and Window XP to repartition the hard drive. Please let me
konw. Thank You.

You can also use a product like Micromat Disk Studio to perform this function (or any other repartitioning) without reformatting your drive:
http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=54

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