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| Thread ID: 23028 | 2002-08-05 22:04:00 | Partitioning new Harddrive | wattie (613) | Press F1 |
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| 68515 | 2002-08-05 22:04:00 | I've got a new IBM 80GB HDD I'm about to install. I'm running XP Pro and I'll use Partition Magic 7 for the job. My question is....what would be the best size partitions to use? I'm thinking of 3 (C:5GB for the OS, D:35GB for programs, E:40GB for storage of MP3, photos etc) Is that a logical set-up? Is mr 5GB Drive C large enough? I'm going to stay with FAT 32 as I've got a home LAN and my old computer won't run XP. Would appreciate any advice or links to a good site for formatting/partitioning...I'm pretty sure I know what I'm doing but a little extra research may help. Thanks in advance...... |
wattie (613) | ||
| 68516 | 2002-08-05 22:18:00 | > photos etc) Is that a logical set-up? Is mr 5GB Drive > C large enough? XP will run on 5gb, but it'd prefer 10 :) > I'm going to stay with FAT 32 as I've got a home LAN > and my old computer won't run XP. that shouldn't matter - the other computers on your home LAN will be able to see what's on the XP PC whether its NTFS or FAT32. > Would appreciate any advice or links to a good site > for formatting/partitioning...I'm pretty sure I know > what I'm doing but a little extra research may help. Have you tried out that FAQs on this site? Click the FAQS link at the top right of this page. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 68517 | 2002-08-13 04:46:00 | 20 gigs for C then 30 and 30 would be my preference certain progs have to be on C: and its amazing how fast it fills up. | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 68518 | 2002-08-13 05:03:00 | try FAQ #34, it's not on the list yet :S pressf1.co.nz Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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| 68520 | 2002-08-13 14:02:00 | oops just the last part applies for formatting HDDs | kiwibeat (304) | ||
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