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partitioning harddrives, should I or not?

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by coadman, 2005/02/08.

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    coadman

    coadman Inactive Thread Starter

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    My oldest son just purchased a Dell computer, with a 160 g harddrive. Is it a good idea to partition it, into at least 2, maybe 3 partitions? If so, can someone direct me to a link/thread somewhere, that describes exactly how to do this? Also , he has already saved some information to the harddrive, will this effect that info, if we go ahead and partition?
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    Newt

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    Do a search on here using partition as your search term, 6 months for the time frame and XP as the forum. Of the 160+ hits, at least 10 of them have partitioning discussions and you should be able to tell from the title.
     
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    Yes!

    PartitionMagic (now owned and produced by Symantec) will allow you to partition painlessly, without affecting any data on your hard drive. It's available online for as little as $14, but for an extra $6 you can get it with a manual.
     
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