Partitioned HD??

[HPtallman]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Praetor]

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)