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Clean Install Separate Partition?
Thank you Chas for your response. I really appreciate it. I had to start another thread due to "error on page" kept coming up.
Does anyone else have any ideas or advice to offer?
I'm going to put a new larger and faster hard drive in my D800. I will then need to install Dell's XP Pro onto it.
After reading the forum I'm wondering whether or not I should put a separate partition for XP Pro and another for all the programs and data?
Any advice or suggestions and explanations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Writeon
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Posted April 22nd, 2005 19:00
recognize the larger Hard Drives.
Sony VAIO's (had one for a year, prior to this D800) default install is a cc:\/D:\ partitioned
hard drive, I bought Partition Magic to eleminate that 'feature'.
When you install a program or application, it defaults to install on C:\ drive, if you change
it to install on D:\ partition, it still must install part on C:\ since that is where the
Operating System is.
Sony's Default on a 30GB was 15GB each, using Sony Recovery CD's to reinstall (to factory
setup) you had an option to change that to 8/22GB, 10/20GB, 12/18GB etc. but getting the ratio
ideal would elude me and after a while one or the other partition would pass 80% full.
If you are installing a huge enough drive, following the advice to make the C:\ partition
10 or 12GB would be best more would be better, but for me, it is more trouble than it's
worth.:)
Art