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| Author: | Al_Chi [ October 5th, 2011, 2:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Partitioning In DOS |
October 4, 2011 Dear Forum, I am in the process of building a new box and I am going to have an 80 Gig HDD (until I can afford an SSD) as C: strictly for Windows 7, and D: for my program files. I will have 2 additional HDD's in my box: a 1.5TB Hitachi 7K3000 7200 RPM SATA 3 64MB Cache PN 0F12114 as my storage HDD and a 2TB Hitachi 5K3000 5940 RPM SATA 3 32MB Cache PN 0F12117 as my backup HDD. I want to pre-partition all of the HDD's prior to installing Windows 7. After the installation I will then format the partitions as NTFS. I plan on making each Hitachi one big extended MS-DOS partition and creating multiple logical drives ranging from 30 to 500 Gigs. My question is: Considering the sizes of the Hitachis, will Magic Boot Disk v2.0 allow me to do this pre-partitioning in DOS in a timely manner, or can I do this faster in "Partition Magic" or "Partition Magic type" programs? If MBD will NOT allow me to do the pre-partitioning, do you have a suggestion as to a "Partition Magic type" program to use? Thanks in advance for your help. Al_Chi |
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| Author: | mithu [ November 19th, 2011, 6:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Partitioning In DOS |
It is a huge question. I need to check out the status first. I am not sure whether Partition Magic type program will work in your case or not. As of my knowledge MBD will help you to do a pre-partitioning as you think. If it will not allow, then only the question of moving to Partition Magic type program comes. Confirming anything on both these things, I need to cross check and make sure first. |
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| Author: | einstein9 [ November 19th, 2011, 7:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Partitioning In DOS |
Quote: 30 to 500 Gigs why the hassle partitioning it this way? any specific purpose? |
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| Author: | TaskManager [ November 20th, 2011, 13:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Partitioning In DOS |
all programs you have mentioned are outdated. Note NTFS version difference in win7 ( NTFS v5) I suggest to use acronis disk editior . Why to boot from slower old 80 gb disk? Remember Less drives = less power consumption ,less heat generation. |
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| Author: | dqour [ November 24th, 2011, 18:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Partitioning In DOS |
well just use acronis partition magic to create what you like faster in GUI Mode, if you like just in DOS mode. |
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