Problem with my HDD

Mur21 · 07-09-2006, 05:11 AM

I have a 300gb hdd that i installed recently. I separated it into 2 partitions. I wasn't sure if my computer would be able to deal with a partition over 130 so i made the second half of the drive about 150gb. After I started putting some movies games and music on it it would begin to crash and reload the desktop, closing the folder i was in. I tried moving some of the files to the other partition but it was still happening there too and the drive is 127gb.

I wanted to know if I went into the disk management setting and deleted the second partition would i be able to reset it to less the 130 and create a third partition with the remaining or do i have to erase the entire drive and start over again.

sniperchang · 07-10-2006, 01:59 AM

What OS do yu have?

Mabe you could tell us your specs too, in case it was a mobo problem that somebody knows about.

Mur21 · 07-10-2006, 04:03 AM

Dell dimension 4500S
winXP
Intel pentium 4

I deleted a few video files and moved the others off of that partition and the problem has stopped. I still want to know if I delete the partition can I recreate the partition with disk manager?

Big_j · 07-10-2006, 05:23 PM

Yes, but you can simply resize the partitions as well...

Mur21 · 07-10-2006, 10:57 PM

how do I do that?

water_n2_wine · 07-10-2006, 11:57 PM

Hi all! I need help with a question about an old system running with RDRAM/Rambus memory. I have my choice of running 4 x 128mb sticks = 512mb at PC800, or going with a slower speed of 2 x 256mb = 2 x 128mb = 768 mb at PC600. Am I better off with more ram at the slower speed, or less at the faster speed? Thanks for any help!

07-09-2006, 05:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mur21 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 40	Problem with my HDD I have a 300gb hdd that i installed recently. I separated it into 2 partitions. I wasn't sure if my computer would be able to deal with a partition over 130 so i made the second half of the drive about 150gb. After I started putting some movies games and music on it it would begin to crash and reload the desktop, closing the folder i was in. I tried moving some of the files to the other partition but it was still happening there too and the drive is 127gb. I wanted to know if I went into the disk management setting and deleted the second partition would i be able to reset it to less the 130 and create a third partition with the remaining or do i have to erase the entire drive and start over again.

07-10-2006, 01:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
sniperchang Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	What OS do yu have? Mabe you could tell us your specs too, in case it was a mobo problem that somebody knows about. __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Skt939 Toledo @ 2.4Ghz Motherboard: Asus A8V-E SE VidCard(s): BFG 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E; eVGA 6200 PCI (Secondary) Mem: Corsair 2x1 gb TWINX C2 PT XMS HardDrive: Western Digital 8m Cache 250GB 7200RPM Monitor(s): 2x CRT 17" Phillips 107B5/107T6 and LCD 22"wide Samsung 226BW (Triple Display) Multiple Display 101

07-10-2006, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Big_j Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Apopka, Florida Posts: 65	Yes, but you can simply resize the partitions as well... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3400 2.4Ghz HP DVD +-R/RW CD +-R/RW DL W/LightScribe Master LightOn DVD +-R/RW CD +-R/RW DL Slave nVidia gForce MX5600 128MB AGP8 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 24bit 7.1 SS 2GB PC3200 RAM 40GB 10,000 RPM Master 250GB 7,200 RPM Slave ubuntu Linux + Windows XP dualboot

07-10-2006, 11:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
water_n2_wine New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 57 Posts: 3	RAMBUS question Hi all! I need help with a question about an old system running with RDRAM/Rambus memory. I have my choice of running 4 x 128mb sticks = 512mb at PC800, or going with a slower speed of 2 x 256mb = 2 x 128mb = 768 mb at PC600. Am I better off with more ram at the slower speed, or less at the faster speed? Thanks for any help!

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07-10-2006, 04:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mur21 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 40	Dell dimension 4500S winXP Intel pentium 4 I deleted a few video files and moved the others off of that partition and the problem has stopped. I still want to know if I delete the partition can I recreate the partition with disk manager?

07-10-2006, 10:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mur21 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 40	how do I do that?