how could i do this?

[FluxFX]

whats are the step by step to make myself a games drive?

i know it can be done, how can i make another drive that has 10 gigs and make it like a q drive and ----

thanks ;]

[keith]

unless you can get your hands on partition magic, you'll have to format it and partition it from dos.

[jw]

its not too complicated, just open a MS-DOS dialog and run fdisk. Problem is that if you make a single tiny error, your whole drive is screwed and you will have to reformat.

[FluxFX]

there is no help, i said step by step =\

[keith]

that's something you're gonna have to pay for, or in my case, be fortunate enough to have a computer guru for a friend. it's not as easy as typing in "format a drive called 'd:' for me, computer. thank you very much."

[Coolin]

Step 1: Know that jw is making an error (sorry). As fdisk will trash (reformat is another term for this) any partition that you mess around with.
Step 2: Get Partition Magic or System Commander. These are the only programs I know of that can modify partitions without destroying your data. From experience, I can tell you that System Commander is just plain annoying to use as it isn't meant to be a partitioner, but rather a thing that lets you install different Operating Systems. Partition Magic works in Windows, so that may help.
Step 3: Read the manual.
Step 4: Try it out.
Step 5: Consult us if you require help.

[Remy Canad]

The only way with out loosing your information you have now is with partition magic or a program like it. I have heard of people using fdisk but that usually leads to corruption.

Now if you want a step by step of what to do with a new clean drive I could easly do that for you just ask.

[Edited by Remy Canad on 02-19-2001 at 08:53 PM]

[FluxFX]

thanks fo rthe help, you know this look slike so much trouble, i might just buy an extra drive for cheap =\

[jw]

If it can't be done with fdisk, i'd like to know how I did it...

[Coolin]

You did it without modifying/deleting your data in any way?

[}:8) Supermoo]

Originally posted by jw
If it can't be done with fdisk, i'd like to know how I did it...

I agree my drives survived fdisk! :)

[Canuckkev]

Hmm...is partioning worth it? I don't know much about it, just that if I ever wanted Partition Magic, I'm sure I could find it somewhere... Does it make a big difference? I'm always downloading lots of stuff, then deleting it (like mp3's). Just wondereing wht you people think.

[LeX]

Partioning *might* be worth it, but if there really isn't a need for it, then I say there's no need to go through the trouble.

Like, my dad split up our HD and gave me my own drive (D) and told me to save all my junk there and don't mess with C: drive, 'cause all his files are in there. I suppose this is an advantadge, because I can save whatever I want in D: and my dad doesn't bother to peek. But if a folder called "junkie" or something like that was to appear in C:, he'd most likely go and take a look and see what the folder "junkie"'s doing there... if something that's not supposed to be in there is in there, then I'm busted. :D

[keith]

it can help by keeping all the applications & games & stuff out of the c: drive so it doesn't totally frag out windows.

i've got it set up so drive c: is nothing but windows, d: is simply a 400 meg swap drive [rather than virtual memory], e: was the "server" drive, but now it's just storage, f: is programs & utilities, g: is games, h: is files & storage as well.

really helps to keep windows running smooth

[jw]

I prefer creating subdirectories. Partitioning is hard to undo.

[keith]

saves a hell of a lot of time on defragging though

[Nick]

What I did was this: I bought a 20GB slave and partitioned it. I don't wat to partition my boot drive because it supposedly slows down data flow or some ---- like that. I dunno, my computer help guy told me that I'm a web development guy not hardware guy :p. Anyway, I have it setup so there's one Virtual HD for MP3s only, one VHD for School/Letters/Emails, one for program install files, one for my bigger applications, one for Mandrake-Linux 7.2, and the main drive holds everything else. Since it's 30GBs I think I might partition it anyway :p.

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Nick
I don't wat to partition my boot drive because it supposedly slows down data flow or some ---- like thatDarn! I have my main (and only :() hard disk partitioned to two partitions. There's a 6gig partition that's used for Windows 98 and storage. You can guess I don't use Windows 98 much ;). My 12 gig partition is used exclusively for Windows 2000 as Win98 cannot read NTFS drives.

[coolguy23]

my computer is so screwed....i have like half of windows installed on drive c:\ and the other half in d:\..lol...i'm thinking of deleting all the ---- i don't need ...compressing what i need and uploading and then redownloading when i get my new 30 or more gig harddrive.....

[LeX]

Guess it would be a great idea to go and buy a new pooter. Makes things simpler, makes life easier. :D