16 partitions on a 40GB drive? That's gotta be a joke
right? Seriously creating multiple partitions is not a good
plan for most people. While you may have specific needs for
setting up multiple partitions it is not wise to encourage
others to do the same unless they have specific
repartitioning software like Acronis DiskDirector or
BootItNG and you plan to offer them tech support.
Of course it's not a joke. Partitions are VERY useful - and I
suspect you know it perfectly well.
I have refrained from making sarcastic comments about MVP's,
because recently there has actually been some decent advice
given out by some of you clan, but if you (in an admittedly
difficult attempt at objectivity) will not admit that partitions
are one of the smartest ways to manage your computer, then I
guess you also think Windows Explorer is a file manager and OE a
newsreader, and believe that as long as someone knows the
difference between a lower case and a capital letter, they need
M$ Office.
There was a great article I ran across just yesterday on how
Microsoft is more then anything making people dumber (like the
mass media isn't enough). But when a "professional" argues
against partitions, one really starts to wonder where the
smart/stupid boundary lies these days. I know "most" people (let
alone new users) are incapable of even cogitating the concept of
logical drives, but the OP did not appear to be one of those, so
I gave him some good advice.
Oh, I forgot... There's NO DOS since Win95, right, so I am
simply imagining everything and the mystical FDISK program and
the logical partitions it can create exist in my sick brain
only, right? So the reason you are recommending 3rd party
software is because the official line is that there are no more
M$ disk tools? And you will not admit that probably 50% of
problems users have would be eliminated or seriously minimized
by use of partitions because...?
(I know nothing about XtraProblems and intend to keep it this
way, BTW, so I have no idea how you partition/format in XP...
But I would guess you're just NOT SUPPOSED TO, right??? Clippy
will manage your machine for you!)
{I DO recall reading somewhere how there is a 1GB DOS emulator
in XP... I have NEVER heard anything more ridiculous in my
life... But feel free to correct me if I am wrong... While
you're at it, since you MVP's know everything, PLEASE tell me
where the Windows Registry in 95 and 98 keeps the desktop icon
placement information... I have been asking for years and is
seems NO ONE knows... And please don't tell me about
"WinTidy"... I am familiar with it, and it is NOT the answer to
my question...}
Of course, only having one partition helps the economy by
providing more work for independent and M$ techs (what is it
now, $30 per call to your masters?), makes hard drive makers
happy, and makes people more miserable when they lose everything
instead of just a part of it, but you M$ guys like it this way,
don't you? I could go on, but it's not worth it...
--
thanatoid-Tip® #24 (a silly joke because I can't come up with
anything)
How does an Englishman know his wife is dead?
The sex is just the same but the dishes are piling up in the
kitchen.
