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| Thread ID: 101672 | 2009-07-22 20:36:00 | Preparing for reinstalling OS (again!) | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 794241 | 2009-07-23 06:35:00 | If it's a full image it will reinstate the partitions as they were when the image was made | gary67 (56) | ||
| 794242 | 2009-07-23 06:58:00 | No - it is only a full image of the C Drive (100gb) with the rest (400gb or thereabouts) not included in the image. Wouldn't I then be able to repartition the drive (after putting the image of C Drive on)? Or is that a silly statement? :blush: |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 794243 | 2009-07-23 07:33:00 | Hi RM It seems to me that since you should not partition the new drive before you re-install the OS, that you do the re-partition afterwards. After all once you have the OS on the new drive why would it be any different than other situations ? Having said that, as you know I am pretty inexperienced compared with others so you would be well advised to wait to see what they say ! Seems logical though ! Misty :2cents: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 794244 | 2009-07-23 08:37:00 | You can partition the drive after installing the OS, but can be tricky/ dicey if it goes haywire, much safer to partition and format the drive first. This'll help www.pcstats.com |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 794245 | 2009-07-23 09:01:00 | much safer to partition and format the drive first. I have Acronis TU v9.0. Help on it says If there are any partitions on the new disc, they must be deleted first Misty :confused: :confused: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 794246 | 2009-07-23 09:11:00 | A brand new hard drive on arrival is not ( or should not be ) partitioned in any event. You get a drive and partition it the way you want and also format the drive(s) that you create. An install of the O/S hopefully will find the new hard drive but a partition has to be set up in which to install the O/S. This is normally a Primary partition and if you want to dual boot you need more than one primary. An extended partiton will not be bootable. A partition can hold more than one logical drive as in an extended partition. For instance you may decide to get a 1 terabyte drive and make one partition as the boot drive say 200 Gig. that will leave about 800 Gig left over in which you can make as many logical drives at a size that suits you. Also be aware that making too many logical drives could make you run out of drive letters. Ever noticed that when you plug in a USB stick or a camera you get another drive? Plug in a USB external drive you will get another drive letter or more? Take your USB thumb drive to a mate's place then try to figure what drive letter it comes up with. Did not notice that this person has a printer with a card reader which may have four drive letters. Oh. It is drive x at my place but I found the info on drive y here. A physical drive is one lump. The drive can or may contain up to four partitions and each partition may contain logical drives |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 794247 | 2009-07-23 09:25:00 | Thanks Sweep - very readable and understandable ! Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 794248 | 2009-07-23 09:50:00 | No worries. I tried to explain it the best I could. As to your specific problem when you plug in a slave drive you will notice drive letters have changed once more. Used to be C: and D: But now it is J: and K: etc. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 794249 | 2009-07-23 10:15:00 | You can partition the drive after installing the OS, but can be tricky/ dicey if it goes haywire, much safer to partition and format the drive first. This'll help www.pcstats.com Excuse me for asking but how do you install any operating system on a hard drive without a partition? You can delete partitions and/or drives. You can use unallocated space to create a partition and you can resize partitions or create new drives etc. A hard drive has to have at least one partition in order to install an operating system. In the event you have installed an operating sys on the hard drive you can use tools to resize the partition and/or drives contained within. Your link talks about win98, ME and XP. No mention about Vista or Win7 |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 794250 | 2009-07-23 13:21:00 | This is how it's done, Sweep en.wikipedia.org How it works This article is specific to disk cloning on the x86 platform; specific details may not apply to other platforms. To provision the hard disk of a computer without using disk cloning software, the following steps are generally required for each computer: 1. Create one or more partitions on the disk 2. Format each partition to create a file system on it 3. Install the operating system 4. Install device drivers for the particular hardware 5. Install application software With disk cloning, this is simplified to: 1. Install the first computer, as above. 2. Create an image of the hard disk (optional) 3. Clone the first disk, or its image, to the remaining computers I have done this myself. :mad: Grrr Your link talks about win98, ME and XP. No mention about Vista or Win7 R.M mentioned XP Pro in post #4. (This is a quote from my original link) If you are replacing your current drive but not cloning its contents to the new drive, put your Windows CD in the drive and boot from it. You will be prompted during the first part of setup to partition and format your drive; if you are using Windows 2000, XP or Vista, make sure to use the NTFS file system. Why be so pedantic ( 1. co.nz/showpost.php?p=787805&postcount=14" target="_blank">www.pressf 1. co.nz)? :annoyed: My apologies to the original poster. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
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