Re: unpartitioned space - everyone knows but me.
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:59:58 -0400
<bill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm sure everybody but me got the word.
Why, when I install Windows on a clean drive, and create 2 partitions,
does it leave 8MB at the top unpatritioned.
I partitioned a drive with Paragon HD manager and it did not do that.
Does Windoz actually use this or is it just a doz thing?
Will it work if I use the Paragon partitions?
thx
bill:
While you've probably rec'd enough responses to your query to understand
that 8 MB partition Windows creates, let me just add the following...
That 8 MB partition is autocreated by the operating system to handle dynamic
disk information. When a disk is converted to dynamic (usually through the
Disk Management snap-in), information regarding the configuration and any
dependencies (e.g. software RAID) are stored on disk at the end of the
drive. This is how a drive can be moved from one dynamic disk array to
another and be recognized as foreign drive.
The reason is that the space needs to be there should a user decide at
anytime during the life of the operating system that they want to enable
dynamic disks. The 8 MB is there for so that the option to enable dynamic
disks does not mean an OS reinstall. On the down side, it does mean that
users lose 8 MB of the drive. But it's such a trifling amount considering
today's HDDs that contain a rather enormous amount of disk space that for
practical purposes it's of no real consequence to the user .
Here's a further posting on the subject from a MS rep:
"That 8 MB partition is auto-created to handle dynamic disk information.
When a disk is converted to dynamic in the Disk Management snapin,
information regarding the configuration and any dependencies (e.g. software
RAID) are stored on disk at the end of the drive. This is how a drive can
be moved from one dynamic disk array to another and be recognized as
foreign drive.
Best regards,
Mike Truitt
Microsoft Corporation"
There should be no problem re this situation with your system if you've used
the Paragon software to multi-partition your HDD.
(Virtually all the "experts" recommend *against* creating "dynamic" disks
rather than the "basic" disk, except in the case where a RAID configuration
might be established as noted above).
Anna
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