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have only on hard c
i have a new laptop, windows vista, but has only one hard drive c 250 G,
I want this one to be three c, d and e. Is there any possible and the most suitable method to do that without hurting the laptop. |
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have only on hard c
"nibal" wrote in message
... i have a new laptop, windows vista, but has only one hard drive c 250 G, I want this one to be three c, d and e. Is there any possible and the most suitable method to do that without hurting the laptop. You need to use a partition manager. I use Acronis Disk Director. There are others.. www.acronis.com -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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have only on hard c
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:02:01 -0800, nibal
wrote: i have a new laptop, windows vista, but has only one hard drive c 250 G, I want this one to be three c, d and e. Is there any possible and the most suitable method to do that without hurting the laptop. You need a third-party partition manager. Here's a link to a free one: http://shareware.pcmag.com/product.p...SiteID%5Dpcmag |
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have only on hard c
Since you only have a single drive partitioning it is not going to give any
advantage to using only C If the drive fails so do all your partitions, if you keep vista seperate, and load apps on a seperate partition, if you then reload vista you will still have to reload all apps "nibal" wrote in message ... i have a new laptop, windows vista, but has only one hard drive c 250 G, I want this one to be three c, d and e. Is there any possible and the most suitable method to do that without hurting the laptop. |
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have only on hard c
The best practise is to use third party partitioning software (Vista does
have its own, but you need to 'shrink' the C: drive first and, unfortunately, the shrink option is very temperamental in Vista, hence the suggestion to use third party software.) I would suggest Acronis Disk Director or, perhaps, Paragon Disk manager. While I too have various partitions on my one hard drive, if you are planning on backing up your hard drive or having a separate partition for important data you would be better off going for a USB removable hard drive. If you keep backups etc on your main hard drive, even if they are on a separate partition, and the hard drive fails you have lost everything. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "nibal" wrote in message ... i have a new laptop, windows vista, but has only one hard drive c 250 G, I want this one to be three c, d and e. Is there any possible and the most suitable method to do that without hurting the laptop. |