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Pcgames2
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject: Partitioning what am I doing wrong? |
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I hope this is the right place for this post
It says Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition. But I can't figure out its talking about. I want to a make a new 5 GB partition on my second MBR hard disk. |
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heeshung
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this part of Windows? If I wanted to partition something, I'd prefer not to do it through the OS or a program that runs on the OS. |
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Pcgames2
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes its part of windows XP I'm trying to access the diskpart wizard. I've tried going threw commaned prompt but I can't figure that out ether. |
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Pcgames2
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Never mind I had to deleat the partition and reformat
Mods this post can be deleted if you want |
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skipperdan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Why would you ever want to make such a small partition? 8) 8)
According to an article that I read about three weeks ago, they suggest that we do "not" create additional partitions. This is because for each partition that we create, we add 10% overhead. Each new partition is located towards the inner track which creates additional override for the Read/Write Head to move back and forth.
Therefore, I now have my Windows OS and my Flight Simulator located on Drive C and I use a special Software (Ultimate Defrag--see link below) that allows me to locate specific folders near the outer tracks.
http://www.computerpilot.com/content.php?pid=51
http://www.disktrix.com/DTTrials.htm |
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Pcgames2
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The new partition is for storage of backup files I do not need porformance just a highly protected place that I can keep blocked off from the rest of the computer. The recovery program that came with PC is a pain use for backing up this data on a weekly basis. The main perpos of the second drive in the first place is storage. All my programs that demand alot of speed run very very well on the main drive I am at the limits of there quality settings. |
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