Basically, I want to know if I cant partition my current(live) hard drive without booting from a CD/USB.
IE. a software that will cut off a part of the HDD i am working on and create a new partition.
What I want to do is, create a new small partition. Install windows onto it from a mounted ISO. Boot onto that partition, format the original one. Then merge the two back together.
Its the only way I can think of.
Basically what I want to do is format and install windows on my laptop without a CD or a USB drive. (laptop has no CD drive and my largest USB stick is 2GB which isn't big enough for windows 7 ISO)
I am sure I have seen a software before that can create partitions on your current HDD. But I may be wrong. I cant seem to find anything.
Lastly, open to suggestions if anyone has a better method
:EDIT: I have just thought that, although my USB isn't big enough to take the windows ISO. I could still make a bootable USB with a partition manager on it. This way I wouldn't need to partition the HDD whilst I was booted on it. Still looking for suggestions though.
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Basically, I want to know if I cant partition my current(live) hard drive without booting from a CD/USB.
IE. a software that will cut off a part of the HDD i am working on and create a new partition.
What I want to do is, create a new small partition. Install windows onto it from a mounted ISO. Boot onto that partition, format the original one. Then merge the two back together.
Its the only way I can think of.
Basically what I want to do is format and install windows on my laptop without a CD or a USB drive. (laptop has no CD drive and my largest USB stick is 2GB which isn't big enough for windows 7 ISO)
I am sure I have seen a software before that can create partitions on your current HDD. But I may be wrong. I cant seem to find anything.
Lastly, open to suggestions if anyone has a better method
:EDIT: I have just thought that, although my USB isn't big enough to take the windows ISO. I could still make a bootable USB with a partition manager on it. This way I wouldn't need to partition the HDD whilst I was booted on it. Still looking for suggestions though.
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