Partition help

busterb · 04-11-2010, 08:39 PM

I have a new 1TB drive, that I'll install win 7 on. Maybe a partition for Ubuntu.
I'd like no more than about 8 partitions.
What I'm not sure about is the primary, extended, and logical thing.
I've always had the OS on C:, programs on D: and other for what ever.
Hey, I don't do this enought to remember how. Tnxs. bb

Datalyss · 04-11-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

Hey, I don't do this enough to remember how. Tnxs. bb

If you mean how to add a partition, try EASEUS Partition Master. It's work well for me, and it's free.

busterb · 04-12-2010, 10:59 AM

Tnxs. The drive hasn't been formated yet. I like Gparted to do the resizing.

busterb · 04-14-2010, 10:19 PM

Was that an asinine question? Or am I the S-list?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-14-2010, 10:22 PM

More likely, nobody that knows what you're talking about, has seen it.

Clodfobble · 04-14-2010, 10:28 PM

Yeah... and the rest of us don't know a dang thing about partitions, unfortunately.

Pete Zicato · 04-15-2010, 11:44 AM

This page looks useful.

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html

Undertoad · 04-15-2010, 12:01 PM

It's nice to save a partition for Ubuntu or whatever.

8 partitions sounds like overkill, even on a 1 TB drive. Personally, I've given up on trying to use partitions logically, and just put up a huge C: drive for all the Program Files. Everybody wants to install there, so might as well let them.

BrianR · 04-15-2010, 01:15 PM

I'm with UT on that one.

I am forever trying to get programs to install to a different location than the default. Maybe I'm a rebel, but I like knowing where all my files are. And sometimes, updates try to install to the same directory that the original program takes up, causing conflicts that are a real headache to resolve. I mark those and uninstall before installing the updated program.

Same room for Ubuntu too, of course. I've become quite a convert in recent days, despite a few setbacks.

My final challenge before converting totally to Linux will be saving a hard drive with Windows on it for those few programs which insist on Windows, Wine won't do, to run. Like iTunes. But I'm going to simply take the hard drive containing Windows and transplant it to another computer which is more reliable than the current one. Then try to get Microsoft to allow it. THAT should be fun!

04-11-2010, 08:39 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Partition help I have a new 1TB drive, that I'll install win 7 on. Maybe a partition for Ubuntu. I'd like no more than about 8 partitions. What I'm not sure about is the primary, extended, and logical thing. I've always had the OS on C:, programs on D: and other for what ever. Hey, I don't do this enought to remember how. Tnxs. bb __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-12-2010, 10:59 AM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Tnxs. The drive hasn't been formated yet. I like Gparted to do the resizing. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-14-2010, 10:19 PM	#4
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Was that an asinine question? Or am I the S-list? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-14-2010, 10:22 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	More likely, nobody that knows what you're talking about, has seen it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-14-2010, 10:28 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah... and the rest of us don't know a dang thing about partitions, unfortunately. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-15-2010, 11:44 AM	#7
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	This page looks useful. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

04-15-2010, 12:01 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's nice to save a partition for Ubuntu or whatever. 8 partitions sounds like overkill, even on a 1 TB drive. Personally, I've given up on trying to use partitions logically, and just put up a huge C: drive for all the Program Files. Everybody wants to install there, so might as well let them.

04-15-2010, 01:15 PM	#9
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I'm with UT on that one. I am forever trying to get programs to install to a different location than the default. Maybe I'm a rebel, but I like knowing where all my files are. And sometimes, updates try to install to the same directory that the original program takes up, causing conflicts that are a real headache to resolve. I mark those and uninstall before installing the updated program. Same room for Ubuntu too, of course. I've become quite a convert in recent days, despite a few setbacks. My final challenge before converting totally to Linux will be saving a hard drive with Windows on it for those few programs which insist on Windows, Wine won't do, to run. Like iTunes. But I'm going to simply take the hard drive containing Windows and transplant it to another computer which is more reliable than the current one. Then try to get Microsoft to allow it. THAT should be fun! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

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