Hb_Kai Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I may be being a little bit stupid at the minute but I just download EASUS Partition Manager to enlarge my XP partition and it re-sized it by 15 GB simultaneously...I didn't have anything stored on the memory which I used either.Is that safe? I always thought this type of stuff would take at least a couple minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I gave up with partitions years ago. I was never very au fait with the procedure anyway - never saw the point.Why partition? If it is some sort of protection in case of drive failure then you're sunk before you start as if the drive fails it will more than likely take both partitions with it.On most of the computer I build I install two or more hard drives - that is separate physical drives, not one drive divided into partitions. The machine I'm sending this from has five hard drives and a 1TB external drive for storage. I would never consider partitioning any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'd use a caddy system if I had the money but for now I dual boot which I need partitions for.I could install Ubuntu inside Windows but I don't trust it very much and feel if it has its own partition it would go a lot more smoothly. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 My granddaughter and myself have just built a machine for her to experiment with different operating systems and we've installed a caddy in that.The caddy was from dabs and not expensive. I'll post details if you want.She's looking at Windows 7, Ubuntu and Solaris but the prime O/S is XP.A problem I found in the past with dual booting is the difficulty in removing the subsidiary O/S when it has expired/no longer needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yeah please. :)What problem is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 The caddies we used are from StarTech with the manufacturers code DRW110CADBK for the caddy itself and DRW110ATABK for the mount. I Think those codes are right . If they aren't, they will point you in the right direction. Note these are IDE caddies in black (hence BK). You can get them in beige and in SATA connection, I believe. They fit in a 5¼ inch drive bay.The problem I had in the past with dual booting from the same physical drive is that I never seemed able to completely remove the unwanted system without a format - which I prefer not to do unless absolutely necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovenoko Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 U mean EASEUS or EASUS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I too believe in having more than one hard drive. I had this machine built with two. I have two USB plug in hard drives, both of which hold my Acronis back ups, plus a copy of the back ups on the D drive. Two memory sticks complete the picture. All my photos are on the memory sticks with a copy on the D drive. I believe in belt and braces protection. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted March 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 U mean EASEUS or EASUS?EASUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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