Disk partitioning
My pc has two roughly equal partitions of 6 gig or so, this was the way it came and I haven't had a prob so far. BUT now I do, I have only 1.4 gig left on my main drive that holds my dev stuff for clients etc. Does the PC speed get affected by having a c: drive crammed so tightly?
I have just gotten sql server 2000 and that takes roughly 1 gig (without adding the data even). How can I rearrange the partitioning on my PC. I know where to do it, just not the things I should look out for. Can I even reconfigure that stuff when I have data on the second partition?
any help graciously received..
mairving posted this at 16:31 — 31st August 2001.
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You can get PartitionMagic. This allows on the fly partitioning with no loss of data. I first used it when it was on Version 2, now it is up to Version 7.
Of course, you have to think about other possibilities. One is that PartitionMagic costs about $60. Spend a little bit more and you can stick a 40GB hard drive in there and use your other as a spare. Another free partitioning program is called Ranish. It is free to download but doesn't have as many bells and whistles as PM. Anyway make sure that you backup your hard drive. I have never had a problem resizing partitions but you could.
Mark Irving
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mjames posted this at 21:54 — 31st August 2001.
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Your HD should always have at least 10% free space.
Here is a review of the newly-released PartitionMagic 7.0:
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