Re: Create A Drive D:
- From: Linus <Linusverl@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:01:28 -0800
I highly recommend Symantec Partition Magic 8. I bought it bundled with
Norton Ghost and a utility for working with older OS (Like Win. ME) for about
$25.00. It lets you add delete and resize partitions, and change the drive
letters. Works like a dream and has some safe guards to keep you from
screwing things up.
Norton Ghost lets you back up everything on your HD to a disk or to another
Hard drive. They have both been around for a long time & most repair men that
come to work on your computer carry a copy of both these utilities.
--
Linusverl
"Stan Brown" wrote:
Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:11:28 -0800 from Shujinko.
<Shujinko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Sorry for the long message. Please do not ignore it.
For the future, there are things you can do to improve your
likelihood of useful answers:
1. Start with a short statement of the problem; then give details.
Your problem statement seems to be "How can I create a D: partition
on my disk for backups?"
2. Keep paragraphs short. Many people have problems reading on
screen, and it's harder when the paragraph is twenty or thirty lines
long.
3. Leave out the irrelevant stuff. While I can understand you're
annoyed at Compaq, all that business about the failures and their
charge for off-warranty service contributes zilch to the actual
problem statement.
You did a good thing: you gave details of hardware and software. That
helps us to help you.
So I decided to install a new Hard Drive with a new setup disc for
[XP Home] with Service Pack 2. I installed everything except right
up until I came across the Partition part of the setup. Had no idea
what to do so I chose the limit based on my new Hard Drive.
Okay, fair enough.
After the installation ended, I started up my new OS but it only
came with one drive, C:, and I do not have a D: for backups, in the
one Hard Drive. So what should I do to create the D: drive within
my one Hard Drive?
First, let me challenge your assumption. Having backups on the same
physical disk is really not very safe. If (gods forbid) your computer
is stolen, there go your backups. If your disk goes bad, you won't be
able to access your backups. You've already had one disk go bad.
Believe me, lightning _can_ strike twice in the same place.
So if you want to make backups (a good thing) you really want to be
doing them to an external drive. These are cheap -- a 160 GB USB
drive should cost you less than $100 these days. Do your backups to
the external drive, and keep it unplugged and away from your computer
except when you're actually making a backup or restoring from one.
You'll need software. I use Acronis True Image release 8. Release 9
is current; I don't know much abut it but it should be just fine.
Now to answer the question you asked, even though I don't think it's
a good idea. You have two choices: reinstall Windows and this time
set up partitions on the disk, or get third-party software. Much
software can carve out partitions without losing what's already on
the disk. Partition Magic used to be the the obvious choice, but
since Symantec has taken it over I believe it's a different program
and I don't want to recommend it. Perhaps someone has a
recommendation?
Manufacturer: Compaq. Model: Presario 5000 Series: 5321SR.
... Hard Drive: Maxtor 80 GB
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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