Partitioning a drive?

dennykyser · 03-01-2008, 02:27 PM

Can anyone explain to me how to partion one of my hard drives.
I am running windows on a 150 gig WD Raptor drive
I also have 2 500 gig hard drives installed and 6 500 g externals for storage.

I am a photographer and videographer, that is why so much storage, video eats it up.

anyways, I have several adobe software programs I want to set up on their own drive. Adobe Phtoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Encore, Soundbooth, Illustrater and Device Manager. The libraries for these are pretty big so want plenty of space. (Thinking 100 gig partition)

How do you partition one of my two 500 g seagate HD's?

dougland · 03-01-2008, 02:57 PM

dannnnng you have a lot f storage you have over 3tb As for partioning im no good at explaining it but this will bump your topic up atleast

houssam_ballout · 03-01-2008, 03:05 PM

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dennykyser · 03-01-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dougland

dannnnng you have a lot f storage you have over 3tb As for partioning im no good at explaining it but this will bump your topic up atleast

Alot of the storage is in raid 0 so only using half of 4 of the 500 gig drives.

When I video a wedding and working on the edit, its not unusual to be using 40-50 gigs of storage until its finalized and rendered. So if I have 3 weddings I am working on you can see your HD's getting eaten up.

twitchtwice · 03-01-2008, 04:11 PM

If I was in your position i would put all your hardware demanding programs on the raptor, and put all your saved information on the other 500 gig harddrives for storage. Raptor makes a big difference.

dennykyser · 03-01-2008, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchtwice

If I was in your position i would put all your hardware demanding programs on the raptor, and put all your saved information on the other 500 gig harddrives for storage. Raptor makes a big difference.

Would you partition the raptor first, and can you partition it after windows is already loaded?

03-01-2008, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
dennykyser Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Warren Pa Age: 44 Posts: 137	Partitioning a drive? Can anyone explain to me how to partion one of my hard drives. I am running windows on a 150 gig WD Raptor drive I also have 2 500 gig hard drives installed and 6 500 g externals for storage. I am a photographer and videographer, that is why so much storage, video eats it up. anyways, I have several adobe software programs I want to set up on their own drive. Adobe Phtoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Encore, Soundbooth, Illustrater and Device Manager. The libraries for these are pretty big so want plenty of space. (Thinking 100 gig partition) How do you partition one of my two 500 g seagate HD's?

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03-01-2008, 04:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
twitchtwice Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 308	If I was in your position i would put all your hardware demanding programs on the raptor, and put all your saved information on the other 500 gig harddrives for storage. Raptor makes a big difference. __________________ CPU: C2D e8400 @ 3.6 HSF: Arctic Freezer 7 MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 GPU: XFX GeForce G92 8800 GTS HDD: WD Raptor 150GB PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W CASE: Antech 900 OS: Win XP x64 MON: Samsung 932BW All this for CS:S? Why not :)

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03-01-2008, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
dougland Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 377	dannnnng you have a lot f storage you have over 3tb As for partioning im no good at explaining it but this will bump your topic up atleast