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Resolved [Sony Vaio Win7 laptop: dedicated partition + knoppix install?]

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by dispatch trophy, 2012/05/21.

  1. 2012/05/21
    dispatch trophy Contributing Member

    dispatch trophy Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a new Sony Vaio laptop with 6 GB RAM and 500 GB HD.

    1. create a dedicated partition for video editing.

    2. install knoppix.

    I hesitate to do either for fear of preventing the other. suggestions appreciated.

    Here are the laptop specs:

    here are the specs that came on my order confirmation:

    US-VPCF1390X-LBOM

    Component: LED Backlit Keyboard

    Component: No Fresh Start

    Component: Adobe Bundle (Free - $448 value)

    Component: Blu-ray Discâ„¢ Player / Burner

    Component: Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter (Click More Info for details.)

    Component: High capacity battery

    Component: Norton Internet Securityâ„¢ 2011 (30 Day Trial) [Removed]

    Component: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M GPU (1GB VRAM)

    Component: No Engraving

    Component: Intel® Coreâ„¢ i7-740QM quad-core processor (1.73GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz

    Component: 16.4" VAIO Full HD Premium Display (1920x1080)

    Component: 500GB (7200rpm) hard drive

    Component: Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit

    Component: 6GB (4GBx1 + 2GBx1) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
     
  2. 2012/05/21
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    Ok for subject change.

    I needed 2 interrelated operations on the HD and did not know how to title it.
     

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    must be something wrong with this post because it has received no responses.

    these are both hard drive operations.

    I am not planning on accessing Knoppix from the cd.

    If there is some reason there has been no response on this thread, I would appreciate knowing it.
     
  5. 2012/05/24
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    Why do you want a dedicated partition? Generally speaking, when you're looking at you monitor you can tell how many partitions you have...annd it generally doesn't matter.

    Win 7 has some ability that other OS's don't have have...but I think shrinking your C drive to make another partition is difficult. (i may be wrong) You can look in the Windows help file.
     
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    I need to work with partitions on the hard drive for two reasons.
    1. I need to do video editing on the Sony Vaio Laptop with Win 7 (not the machine in my profile). My research tells me that it is better to create a separate partition exclusively for video editing.

    2. I also need to install Knoppix, so I am wondering if I should put this on the same partition as Win 7, or a separate partition.

    Potentially this means 3 partitions.
     
  7. 2012/05/25
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    This should help eliminate one partition.

    Did you get a chance to look in the Widows help file about create additional partitions?
     
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    Yes, it seems fairly simple.

    According to Windows "Help and Support" I need to research the size to allocate to the new partition

    which is suitable for feature length indie movie editing.
     
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    Since I posted, I have been advised that video editing should be done on an external drive because of the huge amounts of data from raw footage.

    LaCie brand (1 terrabyte) has been recommended to me.

    Is there any other reason a drive should be partitioned with Win 7 or is it better to leave it alone?
     
  10. 2012/05/30
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    If I were you I would go for 2T External HDD. A friend of mine does alot of video editing and his 1T HDD filled up rather quickly. He ended up replacing the 1T with a 2T. He is very happy with the change.
     
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    LaCie seems to offer that for about $155 USD. 2T.

    The "LaCie Minimus" is small and light, good for travel.
     
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    From what I've read that looks like the one to go for. I know a karaoke owner and I also provide tech support for his company. He loves LaCie HDDs. Whatever you decide good luck. I hope I was of some help to you.
     
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