Partition Slave Win XP HE

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KB 313348 is How to Partition and Format a hard disk in Windows XP but does
not cover a slave drive. KB 255867 does cover slave drives but applies only
to ME, 98 and 95 windows. Google search has not been much help. Suggestions
for this? The slave drive has been installed and is detected by the BIOS. It
is not detected by Explorer.
 
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John R said:
KB 313348 is How to Partition and Format a hard disk in
Windows XP
but does not cover a slave drive. KB 255867 does cover slave
drives
but applies only to ME, 98 and 95 windows. Google search has
not been
much help. Suggestions for this? The slave drive has been
installed
and is detected by the BIOS. It is not detected by Explorer.
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From KB313348.

If your computer is already running Windows XP, and you want to
create partitions other than the System or the startup
partitions, you can use the Windows XP Disk Management tools.

For additional information about how to use the Windows XP Disk
Management tools to partition and format your hard disk, click
the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/

That article will explain how to run Disk Management, Start ->
Run -> diskmgmt.msc, and create partitions on your second hard
drive. You'll also need to format the partitions you create for
them to show up in Windows Explorer. You can also change and
assign drive letters.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Just my two cents, create three partitions on the slave drive.
1st partition - 4GB, this is where you will create the bulk of your pagefile
(improves performance slightly).
2nd partition - The largest partition in size, the exact amount depends on
how big your slave drive is.
3rd partition - 20 to 30GB, this is where you should store image backups
(See Norton Ghost or True Image) of Windows.

JS
 
You're welcome. Thanks for letting us know you were able to
partition your second HD.

Nepatsfan

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JS said:
Just my two cents, create three partitions on the slave drive.
1st partition - 4GB, this is where you will create the bulk of your
pagefile (improves performance slightly).
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Maybe. Most people these days have enough RAM that the page file is used
only slightly or not at all. Where it's located makes much less of a
difference than it used to ("slightly" may be correct, but typically so
little that it's not worth worrying about, unless you have little RAM).

2nd partition - The largest partition in size, the exact amount
depends on how big your slave drive is.
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And what you want to use it for.

3rd partition - 20 to 30GB, this is where you should store image
backups (See Norton Ghost or True Image) of Windows.
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I disagree *strenuously* with that suggestion. I don't recommend backup to a
second non-removable hard drive (regardless of whether it's on a separate
partition or not) because it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of
the original and backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power
glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the
computer.

In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not kept in
the computer. For really secure backup (needed, for example, if the life of
your business depends on your data) you should have multiple generations of
backup, and at least one of those generations should be stored off-site.

My computer isn't used for business, but my personal backup scheme uses two
identical removable hard drives,I alternate between the two, and use Acronis
True Image to make a complete copy of the primary drive.

I also use a pair of 1GB thumb drives for making more frequent backups of my
most critical data (like financial information). For that I just drag and
drop.
 
I have 2GB ram on one PC and Windows still uses the pagefile even if no apps
are loaded. So a pagefile of a fixed size on the first partition of the
slave drive is never going to end up fragmented and has fast access. Also
for those who still defragment their Windows partition this means that a
pagefile that located on the boot drive and is fragmented into several
pieces as they usually are typically get in the way of defragmenting
software, so moving this file onto the second drive makes sense.

The second partition is used for what ever that user bought the second drive
for in the first place.

I agree to a point that a removable drives is the way to go.
But I have seen enough USB drives that have problems I don't entirely trust
them either. So what I do is make an image to the slave drive and then
periodically burn the image file to a DVD. I then selectively delete the
image file when I feel it's no longer needed.

JS
 
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