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who wrote:
Does it matter? If you partition with fdisk, then W2K will prompt you to reformat the primary partition anyway. Regards, Michael Partition and format are not the same thing. |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:16:09 GMT, "Frank" wrote:
This is a myth. If you reinstall an OS you have to reinstall the software anyway. I stopped this about 4 years ago. There is just no use..... No, this is a reality. Last year, I had a "program" partition fail on me on the physical side. I was able to back up all data and get the verging-on-dead HD mirrored on the same model of HD, which cost me about $70 from my local builder. I reformatted the D: drive (programs) on the mirrored HD and reinstalled all programs. Ultimately, I ended up tossing about 50% of the crap programs I rarely used, so it was a positive experience and definitely less traumatic and time-consuming than if I had had a single partition with a bad sector. I use the older HD with the "bad sectors" clearly marked for redudant archives and gaming. If it blows up, it's no real loss at this stage. Just a few weeks ago I had a corruption in my C: drive (OS) due to a power outage, and yes, a decent UPS is on my Christmas list. While I had to reformat and reinstall W2K, and then had to go through a fairly tedious round of updating service packs and restarts, I only had to reinstall a few of my usual programs (I'm a graphics design/desktop publisher). Most worked by shortcuts to the .exe file being created in the Start menu. If I had had one big partition and the data management habits of most PC users, there would have hell to pay instead of a morning's inconvenience. Once again, I made a lot of space on my programs partition by critically looking at the dozens of programs I had installed that I rarely used...and deleting them! R. |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:38:38 GMT, John Doe
wrote: They are talking about partitions on the same hard disk drive, JAD, that's not something to protect against hard disk drive failure. Actually, what I didn't mention because it wasn't part of the OP's query was that I image my first HD's data partition on a second HD in the same machine, and also onto a networked second "legacy" PC that contains all my current programs, but which is a slower, less tricked out model. This means a complete failure of my main box is again inconvenient, but not tragic. This also means that if I hire another designer or writer on a sub-contract, we can work on different parts of the same job in the same home office. As a final safeguard, I have almost all my business data on my laptop, which is kept handy so I can grab it if the house burnt down G About the only other rhing I could do beyond this is off-site data warehousing, but frankly, what I do isn't that important or crucial. I don't image the whole drive (OS, programs, data), because I haven't felt the need as long as I have original CD-ROMs for reinstallations. R. |
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"rhys" wrote in message news On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:16:09 GMT, "Frank" wrote: This is a myth. If you reinstall an OS you have to reinstall the software anyway. I stopped this about 4 years ago. There is just no use..... No, this is a reality. Last year, I had a "program" partition fail on me on the physical side. I was able to back up all data and get the verging-on-dead HD mirrored on the same model of HD, which cost me about $70 from my local builder. I reformatted the D: drive (programs) on the mirrored HD and reinstalled all programs. Ultimately, I ended up tossing about 50% of the crap programs I rarely used, so it was a positive experience and definitely less traumatic and time-consuming than if I had had a single partition with a bad sector. I use the older HD with the "bad sectors" clearly marked for redudant archives and gaming. If it blows up, it's no real loss at this stage. Just a few weeks ago I had a corruption in my C: drive (OS) due to a power outage, and yes, a decent UPS is on my Christmas list. While I had to reformat and reinstall W2K, and then had to go through a fairly tedious round of updating service packs and restarts, I only had to reinstall a few of my usual programs (I'm a graphics design/desktop publisher). Most worked by shortcuts to the .exe file being created in the Start menu. If I had had one big partition and the data management habits of most PC users, there would have hell to pay instead of a morning's inconvenience. Once again, I made a lot of space on my programs partition by critically looking at the dozens of programs I had installed that I rarely used...and deleting them! R. Ever heard of a repair installation? http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm |
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Howdy!
wrote in message ... Hi All As you can read in the head of the message, I'm struggling with this question. After my first attempt to build a computer with an Asus A7N8X-e as MoBo every thing went fine. Now I want to install OS(W2k) and was wandering what is the best way to do it. Before or after to part the HD in partions, and how.? I have done this earlier with PartionMagic,but a know there is a way with "fdisk" (never done that). Can anyone give me a clear answere. gr françois During. One of the options during install is to create the partition, then it formats it. RwP |
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