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| Thread ID: 37863 | 2003-09-20 07:00:00 | Would this work? | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 176590 | 2003-09-20 07:00:00 | If i get a 200gig hdd..to go with my 20gig hdd i already have..would the following work.. Split my 20gig into 3...4gig for windows xp os...and 4gig for linux..and 12 gig for my documents... and the 200gig split into 2...175gig and 25gig and have 25 gig for games and the 175gig for graphics stuff etc i know that would work..but would i b able to access the 200gig and the 12gig via either linux or winxp no matter what? like no compatiablity problems or access problems etc.... |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 176591 | 2003-09-20 07:08:00 | Are you going to fit the 200GB to your Packard Bell Chris? I wonder if it would be supported by the rest of your hardware? | Baldy (26) | ||
| 176592 | 2003-09-20 07:10:00 | yeah packard bell...wont it be supported? how u mean? | csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 176593 | 2003-09-20 07:14:00 | 4 gig for Win XP is a bit low, isn't it? I have 10 set aside for mine. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 176594 | 2003-09-20 07:20:00 | those numbers arent exact at the moment, am just more into the "is it gonna work" mind...then if it is..will decide on numbers for whats what etc... | csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 176595 | 2003-09-20 07:23:00 | I can't see why it couldn't work... I have a similar set up... 40 gig IDE partitioned into 10 and 30... 10 for OS, 30 for games. And another 120gig partitioned into 3 though. Seems to do the job nicely, although I've neved tried using Linux. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 176596 | 2003-09-20 08:27:00 | You would be better off using the newer HDD as it is faster and probably has more cache also XP needs at least 5 to 10 gigs then put the virtual memory swap file onto the 20 gig | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 176597 | 2003-09-21 07:41:00 | I think in order to use XP with 200gb u haveta format it in NTFS as well. And there's some registry fix u have to do in order for XP to go beyond 137gb. And other os's cant read NTFS. So, Linux would have to be on another partition and any other os you want to install. And yup XP takes 1.5 gb anyway so give it a bit more space on the hard drive! Go here support.microsoft.com You also need SP1. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 176598 | 2003-09-22 01:45:00 | I had XP running on 3 gigs before and it was fine. You only need extra space if you intend on storing more stuff on your system partition, but for me I like splitting it, having programs on another partition seperate to the system partition worked fine for me. I'd think a bit differently about the size of your partitions. Considering larger sized partitions take ages to format as well as accessing files. You'll have to look at a file system that's compatible with all the OS you want to run on it. Linux can read/write FAT32 no problem, it can read/write NTFS but writing isn't recommend (some believe it's due to Microsoft will sue them for it) |
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