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[Ecrofirt]

Anyone care to explain this to me in detail?

The Dell guy was just here, and he installed my new HD. The first thing I'd like to do is reformat my drive so I've got several logical partitions.

Anyone care to explain how to do this via my Windows CD? When I booted to it, I was given two options:

Install Windows
Repair Windows

I believe those were the two, anyway.

 

[DarienA]

I could do it, but I do tech support all damn day and don't feel like it... instead I'll just be an ass and say use the damn google search engine...



Hmm from memory and assuming this is XP this is what I would probably do...follow the install windows side which will probably ask you if you want to use the existing partition... choose no, delete that partition and create a new partition the size you want the windows partition to be... do your windows install and after the install go my computer, right click, choose manage, select Disk Management and from there you can add additional partitions...

I'm sure there are other ways but that is the way that comes to mind.

Good luck.

 

[Ecrofirt]

So as long as I don't make the Windows partition the full disk size I won't have any problems doing the disk managment?

Darien, thanks a bunch.

 

[DarienA]

So as long as I don't make the Windows partition the full disk size I won't have any problems doing the disk managment?

Darien, thanks a bunch.

Exactly. No prob, good luck. Because for some reason you can add partitions, and delete partitions but you cannot adjust partition sizes... will somebody explain to my WHY MS still haven't given us the ability to do us? Did I miss that memo?

 

[Ecrofirt]

You know, another quick question before I go ahead and do this.

How big should I make the partition? I believe I was using 10GB last time.

 

[DarienA]

You know, another quick question before I go ahead and do this.

How big should I make the partition? I believe I was using 10GB last time.

Wait what's the total size of your HD? I actually don't have any suggestions for the size of your Windows partition size... 10GB is probably good though.

 

[Ecrofirt]

It's a 250GB HD, so there's 232GB of usable space.

Lucky for me, as the HD the Dell guy came to replace was only 160GB

 

[DarienA]

It's a 250GB HD, so there's 232GB of usable space.

Lucky for me, as the HD the Dell guy came to replace was only 160GB

A quick Google search shows recommendations from 10-20GB... I think that high side is unnecessarily high... but hey....

Then again if you plan on upgrading to Vista as soon as it becomes available, who knows how much it will need to play with and 20 might be a better idea.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I was running into problems with the 10GB with the old install, but that's because Norton was installed on the C drive and was putting all of its virus definitions there.

Eh, maybe I'll make it 15GB or so.

 

[Ecrofirt]

Another quick question, and it's a stupid one.

Do I make my other partitions Extended partitions?

 

[DarienA]

I believe that's fine.

 

[Ecrofirt]

Thanks.

Just a few more things to get working again (like my mouse which now scrolls slow as HELL even though I've set the settings how they were before) and I'll be good.

 

[SyNapSe]

Because for some reason you can add partitions, and delete partitions but you cannot adjust partition sizes... will somebody explain to my WHY MS still haven't given us the ability to do us? Did I miss that memo?

I'd like to know this also. Since 2000 they've added nice ways "around" the issue. You can convert your basic disks to dynamic disks and then create a spanned volume. Then you go add new hard drives into your spanned volume. You can also mount a drive to a folder also, both are basically less desirable work arounds to just letting people dynamically expand a simple partition.

There are 3rd party tools out there that allow you to do it, so I don't understand why MS wouldn't just package one in.. ala Defragmenter, or the stripped down Veritas backup utility you get.

 

[DarienA]

I'd like to know this also. Since 2000 they've added nice ways "around" the issue. You can convert your basic disks to dynamic disks and then create a spanned volume. Then you go add new hard drives into your spanned volume. You can also mount a drive to a folder also, both are basically less desirable work arounds to just letting people dynamically expand a simple partition.

There are 3rd party tools out there that allow you to do it, so I don't understand why MS wouldn't just package one in.. ala Defragmenter, or the stripped down Veritas backup utility you get.

Seriously.. I use PartionMagic at work.. it works like a charm...