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[sport]

I am getting a 60 gig hard drive and would like to partion it into 3, c: drive,one for photos, and one for music. Can I do this with Windows Me, are do I need a program for this. Please any help would be great. Thanks

 

[Ice Princess]

Partitioning the hard drive happens outside the Windows OS so it shouldn't matter which one you are using.

I know less about that than I do about this: don't use Windows ME. It's the worst operating system Microsoft ever put out there and any other OS would be better, take it from a bitter woman whose last machine came with Windows ME preinstalled. I should have paid them extra to take the damn thing OFF.

 

[Weird Harold]

I am getting a 60 gig hard drive and would like to partion it into 3, c: drive,one for photos, and one for music. Can I do this with Windows Me, are do I need a program for this. Please any help would be great. Thanks

Before you install the new drive, make sure you have a Windows Startup disk to boot from.

Once you have a Windows Startup disk, install the new drive and boot from the start-up disk.

At the A:\ prompt type FDISK to create the partitions.

First create an active partition for drive C: (30% of the drive or so.)

Second create an extended partition with the remaining 70% of the drive.

Third, create two logical drives in the extended partition, using 50% of the partition for each one.

Exit Fdisk and remove the windows startup disk to boot from the Windows CD (if your system won't boot from the CD, reboot with the startup disk using CD-ROM support and run the installation manually.

The Windows disk should detect the three partitions and format the drives as part of the intallation process. If it doesn't, then you'll need to manuall format them using FORMAT.EXE from the startup disk.

 

[sport]

Can i hook it up as a slave in my son computer and use fomat exe. to create the partitions then install the os on the c: I have norton gohst program to copy the old hard drive. I am going to pull my hard drive out of my computer and install the 60 gig in it.
Thanks Weird Harold

 

[Weird Harold]

Can i hook it up as a slave in my son computer and use fomat exe. to create the partitions then install the os on the c: I have norton gohst program to copy the old hard drive. I am going to pull my hard drive out of my computer and install the 60 gig in it.
Thanks Weird Harold

You have to create the partions before you format them, and you cannot make a bootable drive or active partion when it's configured as a slave.

You can however, install the drive, create the partitions and format them, and then make the drive a slave to copy you're old data over to it. (or just make the originl drive a slave and copy the information to the new drive.)

Are you having problems with the existing drive? Why not just install the new drive as a slave, partition it into two (or more) logical drives and use the orignal drive for the operating system.

 

[sport]

The drive I have is small and can't put two in my case. Can i make the new drive a slave until i get info on it then make it a master. All i have is restore disk will this let me boot up the new drive? Thanks for your help!

 

[glock800]

first of all make an ms dos boot disk then you can download the program max blast format utility its a very nice little format and partition utility that i use.very easy to use and gives you on screen step by step instructions.everyone else seems to have covered it pretty well

and i would also look into upgrading your OS to xp or actually anything but ME.worst operating system i ever used.

 

[sport]

Can i boot up from a restore disk? How do you make a boot disk and how can i copy the old hard drive to the new one? I can only put one hard drive in my case. Can I make the old har drive a slave and let it set loose until i copy all info to the new hard drive?

 

[glock800]

im not sure if you can boot with a restore disk.i assume you are talking about the type that come with most store bought computers.i use windows XP pro to make a boot disk you right click on your floppy drive under my computer.select format and the option to create a boot disk should be in there.i dont remember if its the same in windows ME or not since i only used that OS for a short amount of time.yes you can copy the contents of your old drive to the new one.but you will most likely need to find a program to use that will backup your drive onto floppy's or cd-r's then transfer them to your new drive.i wouldnt let your drive hang loose inside the case it can be quite dangerous if the loose drive touches things on your mobo or the numerous other components in your case.could damage or completly fry your computer

 

[realcurious]

>How do you make a boot disk?

Start menu, settings, control panel, add/remove programs, you can make a startup disk there. (win98-ME should be similar)

Make sure it works before doing anything.

 

[glock800]

oh yeah thats right thanks for posting the answer to the "how to make a startup disk" problem its been so long since i used win 98,ME that i forgot it was in the control panel instead of my computer like in XP pro

 

[Weird Harold]

The drive I have is small and can't put two in my case. Can i make the new drive a slave until i get info on it then make it a master. All i have is restore disk will this let me boot up the new drive? Thanks for your help!

What kind of computer do you have that doesn't have two drive bays?

The best solution would be to install the new drive (by itself), partition it and run restore disk to format drive c: and install the operating system and bundled software. You'll have to manually run Format on the other two partitions after running the resore disk.

Then connect the old drive as a slave to copy any data to the new drive. (you'll probably need a new ribbon cable with two connectors -- if your computer can't handle two drives it probably doesn't have a second drive connection on the ribbon cable.)

You might sriously consider tkaing your computer to a computer shop to have the new drive installed and partitioned -- computer shops have the equipment and skills most of us don't have readily tohand at home to solve data transfer problems.

 

[glock800]

the only computer i have seen that doesnt have two hard drive bays was an HP i forget what model but there is a small case version of some HP computers that only hold one cd rom and one hard drive.

 

[Weird Harold]

the only computer i have seen that doesnt have two hard drive bays was an HP i forget what model but there is a small case version of some HP computers that only hold one cd rom and one hard drive.

The early IBM PS2 machines only had one 5.25 bay and one 3.5 inch bay -- the 5.25 bay was for the hard-drive. They quickly added a second bay in each size. HP made a PS2 clone that matched the original IBM configuration.

However, I haven't seen any since the 80486 came out that don't have at least two 5.25 and two 3.5 inch bays -- other than laptops.

 

[sport]

The computer I have is a Etower. My hard drives is mounted vertical. I thank everyone for the info. I think I have enough info to do it. I am going to portion it and format it , then hook old hard drive as slave to get info off it, then remove it and keep it as a back up. Thanks for the info on the boot disk that helped alot.