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Title: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: CrAz3D on November 23, 2006, 12:58:38 PM
I have Norton Partition magic, however, I'm sure exactly sure on what I'm doing so I've come to ask.

I have a 120gb hard drive.
100gb for drive C
13gb for drive D (recovery)

-I want to create a partition for Vista
-I want to create a small partition so I can transfer stuff back & forth between Vista & XP


What size for Vista?
What file type, NTFS?
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: rabbit on November 23, 2006, 01:22:13 PM
Vista likes space.  10-15GB for Vista!
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: Sidoh on November 23, 2006, 01:28:58 PM
No, you should use FAT32. ::)

Are you going to install Vista on the same partition that XP is on?  You probably shouldn't do that.  In either case, though, both operating systems support NTFS.  You don't need a partition to transfer stuff back and forth; all you need do is access the partition (or the same one?) and get what you need.
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: iago on November 23, 2006, 01:29:51 PM
If you have files on your system that you don't want to lose, back them up before resizing partitions.  There's a reason the program is called "Partition Tragic"
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: Sidoh on November 23, 2006, 01:31:40 PM
HAHAHAHA. I hadn't heard that before.
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: CrAz3D on November 23, 2006, 01:37:18 PM
Cools yall, thnx!
Lets hope I dont kill myself
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: CrAz3D on November 23, 2006, 02:21:07 PM
Bah, too many errors on the disk to partition now.


Cleanup, defrag, & then maybe "chkdsk /f" as I read to do.  Hopefully I can get this all going soon
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: Nate on November 25, 2006, 10:33:35 PM
chkdsk before defrag
Title: Re: So I want to repartition stuff & install Vista...
Post by: Chavo on November 26, 2006, 12:36:37 AM
agreed.