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| Thread ID: 75420 | 2006-12-28 09:36:00 | XPpro C to Dynamic | sarum (6222) | Press F1 |
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| 510443 | 2006-12-28 09:36:00 | Gd-day. I've just bought a 2nd hand box running XPpro(no cd's or info):576ram and 20gig HD. After a clean up, C drive is 85% clear; C drive is the only drive and when I tried to convert C to dynamic - so that I could divide volumes - I was told that there wasn't room. Anyone know why is this? I'd be happy to divide C into partitions if possible(my OS may not be legal). Having cleared out previous owners' everything, and got F1 advice on slow startup problems; I'd like to have partition/volumes for the usual reasons. Thanks in advance..............Sarum PS You guys who helped with the startup thread - it worked well. |
sarum (6222) | ||
| 510444 | 2006-12-29 00:03:00 | I don't know why u want Dynamic. It has nothing to do with partitioning. If u want to partition the hdd, use Magic partition, or reformat, and partition it in the XP setup screen. Is that what u mean by divide volumes? As in partition? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 510445 | 2006-12-30 01:30:00 | Thanks for your reply. I thought that a volume was the same as a partition, and that a dynamic disc could be done on the fly, whereas reformating would require a reinstall which I cannot do, not having the discs. It is XP pro so I should be able to convert to dynamic - I think. Anyway Partition Magic seems a sensible way to go, I just need somewhere to back up stuff. Thanks again for your help. Cheers Sarum |
sarum (6222) | ||
| 510446 | 2006-12-30 01:33:00 | I don't think Dynamic hdds are usually used on a normal system. And if u want to change it back to basic, u cant. It'll have to be formatted. I spose a volume is the same as a partition, but a partition isn't the same as a dynamic hdd. It'll be better to use Partition Magic if u have it to create another partition, if u have enough space left on the hdd. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 510447 | 2006-12-30 08:43:00 | A volume is any block of available disk space. A partition is a type of volume which must be in one contiguous block on a single disk. The Windows "dynamic disks" option allows you to have volumes in many pieces, even across multiple disks. This makes adding, resizing and deleting volumes much easier. When you create a dynamic disk, all data on the disk will be destroyed. Dynamic disks are only useful when you would normally have multiple partitions. If you only have a single partition, this option is completely pointless. I personally have quite a few separate volumes for different purposes, but most people won't use this ability. The main benefit is that you can keep documents and settings on a separate volume, allowing you to reinstall the OS without destroying your personal documents (although a backup is still essential). Windows dynamic drives are basically a minimal logical volume management system. I use the more advanced Linux equivalent, LVM, and it makes managing volumes so much easier. I started with about 10GB of space unallocated and whenever one volume gets too full I simply enlarge it. |
TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 510448 | 2006-12-31 04:33:00 | Thankyou both for your interesting replies. I shall go for Partition Magic, this is a spare cheap machine which I seldom use now that I'm an Ubuntu fan. Thanks again. Sarum. PS I've also learned that you can't dual boot on a dynamic.hdd. |
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