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WXP Pro Reinstallation Questions
Just purchased a new 7K60 hard drive. I want to put it in an I8.2K. When reinstalling the OS (XPPro) do I need to have all peripherals removed. I have a Fixed DVD, a modular CD-RW and batteries. Should the CD-RW and batteries be absent from the bays? Also, other than organizational benefits, what other benefits might partitioning allow? Along those lines, can one partition into two partitions, let's say, and install XPPro on both partitions? The C: partition being the day-to-day OS and the D: partition being a backup of just the plain old OS. I am suggesting using the same XP disc on both drives.
- You could install the same OS into two separate partitions, but for backup of the operating system and programs I prefer imaging software, which will survive even a hard drive replacement if a copy is stored on another drive or CD/DVD media.
This link lists a few possible reasons for partitioning, but most users won't have a need for them all. http://partition.radified.com/
I have one extra partition for the bulk of my user data. This makes imaging my operating system and programs partition much quicker and easier in addition to the advantage bacillus mentioned regarding the data partition remaining untouched even if the operating system is hosed and gets reinstalled.
GM - Thanks to both of you, for your responses. They are pretty much the same thoughts I had going in to this project.Bacillus, I have gone one better, as I purchased an extra hard drive caddy and adapter from parts-people. Even got a modular hard drive bay, to put a second hard drive in the system (perhaps the hard drive to be replaced.)Looking forward to a faster hard drive, and disc space.Again, thanks.
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Posted December 5th, 2004 18:00
You can leave all your optical drives in situ but it is best to disconnect all peripherals.
Partitioning is not obligatory but having an extra partition allows you to store data away from the operating system partition and hence will not be damaged if the operating system is hosed for whatever reason and you need to reformat and reinstall.