Re: Partitioning

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In particular, if i have a partition on the spare drive, 40GB holding
Vista, and the other 160GB holding backup data, and i later decide 40GB
is not enough for VIsta and i then want to have 100GB / 100GB partition,
can i alter the partition sizes WITHOUT losing Vista or my backup files
?

Regards,
Andrew


Doug Knox MS-MVP:
I believe in partitioning. You can easily store your data, personal
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files and other stuff on a different partition from the operating =
system. Then, if you do wind up having to re-install (short of an =
actual disc failure), you don't lose your data.

As for the formatting option, NTFS and NTFS quick do the same thing
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one differnce. The "quick" option does very limited checking of the
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disk/partition and only wipes and recreates the MFT (Master File
Table). =
The full format option overwrites any existing data on the =
disk/partition.

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"wildlywicked" <wildlywicked@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I have a 20GB hard drive (thats my only one) and am about to install
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XP. I was wondering if I needed to create partitions on this drive =
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option arises during setup? My drive is so small after all...
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And, speaking of drives, when it comes to selecting the file system
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drive, is there any benefit to choosing 'NTFS' over 'NTFS (Quick)'?
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Thanks
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