New system setup/partition questions. I'm going to start putting my gaming rig together this weekend. I ended up getting (2) 1TB WD Blacks, and I'm installing Windows 7. Here's my questions: - I used to always worry about fragging the drive installing and...

Quick partitioning question.... When I setup my Win7/Vista dual boot...I didn't allow Windows 7 enough space...mainly because I thought Vista had my stuff and I may, at least one day, log back into it... My 7 partition is 48.8GB...my Vista partition is 92GB....

Partitioning Question. Hello everyone! Been a fan of Toms Hardware for many years but never thought much about joining the forums until now. So with that aside, I have a question that hopefully some of you will be able to educate me on. I recently purchased...

RAID 1 and Dual Boot Partitioning Question. I have 2 questions. Question 1: IF I purchased an ASUS M4A79T MB, and set up 2 SATA HD in RAID1, I should have the read performance of a RAID0, and just lack the write benefit. Right? Question 2: If I used...

Raid partition question. Set up my new computer this weekend and using two 250 GB disks created a raid 0 array. Installed drivers correctly and then when prompted by Windows XP install I created two equal partitions (232.88 GB each) at that point. Windows XP...

Windows does this. Did Windows XP make a separate boot partition as well? Have I just never noticed this?. I've got a question about the partitions Windows 7 creates when installing (I presume Windows 7 creates them). I'm using the RC build 7100. I got...

Vista 64 Home Premium Partitions Questions. Hi all, So I'm building this new AMD quad core and this question has been bugging me. In the past, I have installed Windows on a RAID 0 stripe consisting of two drives. Then I purchase a third internal drive for...

Partitioning question. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion () While I love my W98SE, there are times when I want to use a program which required Windows XP So, I'm considering using a Dual Boot system. I have heard that I have...

Partition question when reinstalling XP.. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () Hi guys. After a couple of years I've finally gotten XP to become a bit unstable when I use, amongst other things, the demanding Cubase audio...

Can anyone help me with a Disk Partitioning question?. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () HI, I managed to buy myself a new hard disk, but I'm fearfull of losing my existing data, so I figured I'd post this question first....