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| Thread ID: 58338 | 2005-05-28 14:00:00 | Question about SATA hdd's | azaufc (8207) | Press F1 |
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| 359296 | 2005-05-28 14:00:00 | Hi all . I am new to SATA hard drives, and have just installed one in my new P . C . It is a 160gb Seagate barra, 7200 rpm . Here is what i tried to do . Upon installing windows on the new SATA drive, i decided that i would make 2 partitions on the drive, 1 at 110 gb, and the other with the remaining gb's . I am just following my typical procedure taht i did with traditional ATA drives . Not only does it take too long to format 160 gb, but i like to have a "seperate" drive space . Here is what didn't work . :lol: In "My computer" in XP, under hard drives it only shows the 110gb partition as C drive . The other partition is no where to be found . I mean, i don't know if it is something to do with the way that SATA drives work, or if i did my partitions incorrect . Is there anyway to retrieve the extra 40 odd gigs? Thanks SATA experts . :lol: P4 3 . 4ghz Prescott @ 3 . 74 ghz, 800 mhz fsb 1gb single stick DDR2 pc4200 Corsair (4 4 4 12) Abit AA8XE 3rd eye Guru 1066 fsb mobo Radeon 6600GT PCI Express True Blue 2 . 0 480 watt psu Antec Super Lanboy case 19" Samsung LCD with 8 ms response . Aaron |
azaufc (8207) | ||
| 359297 | 2005-05-28 16:30:00 | You need to format the extra 40GB left. If you don't then you will not see the drive in My Computer. What you do is create 2 partitions... 1st partition is 110GB 2nd partition is 40GB What program did you use to create and format your drive with? I use Partition Magic 8 it works great and you can basically do verything in a few simple steps. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 359298 | 2005-05-29 02:21:00 | right click on "my computer" choose "manage" choose "storage" choose "disk management" you should be able to format that partition from there it will then show in my computer | beama (111) | ||
| 359299 | 2005-05-29 03:10:00 | Of course, partitioning it because "it takes too long to format 160GB" doesn't work . You still have to format all the 160 GB if you want to use it all . Partitioning it just means that you can take a couple of bites at the job . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 359300 | 2005-05-29 03:15:00 | Cheers Beama, too easy mate! I know what i did, i didnt make the remeaining 40gb an actual partition, that is why it didnt show up! Just my error in the first place. Although, i have never looked in "My computer" "manage" before so thanks, now i know it is there. Chief, i just used my XP disk to make the partition and format, sometimes i will use FDISK in Dos. What benefit do u get out of using programs such as Partition MAgic? More thorough, faster formating? Thanks guys! |
azaufc (8207) | ||
| 359301 | 2005-05-29 04:51:00 | What benefit do u get out of using programs such as Partition MAgic? More thorough, faster formating? The main benefit is that you can fiddle with partitions without losing your data, ie it does non-destructive partitioning, whereas using Windows Computer Management will destroy your data. It is perfectly adequate when that is not a problem. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 359302 | 2005-05-29 08:44:00 | Do not use Partition Magic .. its stupid. Right Click on My Computer, Got to Manage - Disk Management. You can pormate, partition and do most things there :) | ProMaz (34) | ||
| 359303 | 2005-05-29 11:46:00 | ProMaz there is a slight well actually quite a big difference between the two methods the way you say is destructive partitioning in that all data that exsisted before gets destoryed when using xp method as opposed to Partition Magic ( and some other partitioning tools) are nondestructive but there is always a chance of destoring your data even when using the so called non destructive partitioning tools. but I have never lost data using Partition Magic ( I use at least twice a day) |
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