Partitioned HD??

HPtallman · 03-30-2005, 12:26 PM

I read a post talking about this but I'm not sure what it means exactly. What does it mean to partition a HD?

spazz31585 · 03-30-2005, 01:39 PM

it basically means to split the hard drive up
a hard drive needs to be partitioned before you can put anything on it

a lot of times, most people just make one main partition

from my understanding of it though, it's safer to do more then one
like if there's a problem on one partition, so it somehow loses all the datat, generally you still can get the stuff off the other partitions

TonyBAMF · 03-30-2005, 05:49 PM

I always have 2 partitions.

Right now I have a 160GB -- 50GB Main and 110GB secondary, This is great becuase It makes reformating a snap. Just store all the downloads in the secondary and only installs in the Main.

HPtallman · 03-31-2005, 01:29 PM

can you partition a HD after you put stuff on it.

**Praetor** · 03-31-2005, 02:35 PM

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can you partition a HD after you put stuff on it.

Yes although you'll need 3rd party programs to do so without losing that data (like PartitionMagic for instance)

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03-30-2005, 01:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
spazz31585 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 23 Posts: 256	it basically means to split the hard drive up a hard drive needs to be partitioned before you can put anything on it a lot of times, most people just make one main partition from my understanding of it though, it's safer to do more then one like if there's a problem on one partition, so it somehow loses all the datat, generally you still can get the stuff off the other partitions

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TonyBAMF Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 412	I always have 2 partitions. Right now I have a 160GB -- 50GB Main and 110GB secondary, This is great becuase It makes reformating a snap. Just store all the downloads in the secondary and only installs in the Main.

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HPtallman Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 43	can you partition a HD after you put stuff on it.