Speaking of Partitions

[The Hobo]

I want to partition my hard drive into to partitions, but before I do...do you have to format before you partition or anything, or can you split a hard drive with files and stuff on it?

The Partion Poll Thread gave me the idea, since I always want to format, but never want to loose my documents, you know?

Thanks in advance,
The Hobo

[Si_the_geek]

Without using any special software you will lose data - Partition Magic (and others) let you resize partions etc without losing data.

[JoshT]

Yeah, without Partition Magic, you partition, then format, (then install an OS if its the only HDD in the box).