I've never used a system-recovery disc (yet (knock-on-wood)) to
reinstall Windows (I assume you have that with your laptop instead of
a full copy of Vista), nor have I tried clean-or-re-installing Vista
yet, but when I have clean-installed Windows 2000 (both Pro & Server)
and XP Pro, the install process allowed me to partition the HD however
I wanted (no Partition Magic or the like needed).

You could create all your partitions right there and then, but I
usually elected to create/select the size of my C: partition during
the install process, install Windows to that, and after the install
was done I used Disk Manager later (when logged in to Windows) to
create/select the size of and format the other partitions as NTFS.

I uploaded some Vista text docs to the "Files" section here that I
made/collected the info for.




--- In 4EmulatorsandRoms@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <odysseyx2002@...> wrote:
>
> I was thinking about this the other day in that if your HD crashes,
> the recovery and archive partitions would be lost as well? If you'll
> going to archive anything, best do it to an external source.
>
> How do you partition a HD? Haven't done so before because my previous
> drives were too small to even bother. Can you exactly allot the amount
> of space for each partition? I figure might as well plan ahead in
> case the worst happens and my only access to the net goes to hell with
> it.The manuals that came with my computer doesn't help in explaining
> it other than to physically replacing the HD.
>
> My current HD is partitioned into 2 drives.. the main system and the
> recovery. If I'm successful in partitioning a new drive, do I
> re-install the OS ( I'm assuming you have to option to pick and choose
> which partition you would want it to install it in) first and can I
> also restore the recovery portion from my backup discs by copying them
> to that allot space?
>
>
> I'm probably asking these questions in that I had a minor boot up
> problem with Vista just now in which after I input the password log on
> screen, the Welcome screen then just hangs with no drive activity. I
> had to force a manual shutdown and it rebooted more successfully the
> 2nd time. I run health scans regularity and keep everything updated. I
> had not install any new software or updates in my prior session.
> Should I take it as a sign of impending doom for my computer or chuck
> it up to another one of those quirky behaviors Windows pops up from
> time to time? I believe this is the 2nd time it happened over the past
> few months.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In 4EmulatorsandRoms@yahoogroups.com, "Don Fielder"
> <jackdanuls@> wrote:
> >
> > Most PC's that you buy from a retailer now have 2 partitions. One
> is the system partition, and the other is a restore partition. This
> eliminates the need to dig out a bunch of cd's to restore your system
> to its factory default settings. I think this may be what your
> experiencing with this system.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Raven Stormbringer
> > To: 4EmulatorsandRoms@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: [4EmulatorsandRoms] Re: Just Wondering
> >
> >
> > Well, you are probably never going to see the full gig-age
> on an HD due to formatting. The formatting itself takes up some
> space... and depending on the type of formatting (generally FAT or
> NTFS) it works in chunks. If only a protion of a chunk is used... the
> rest is left empty, wasted. This is why defragging is so important
> even on a mostly empty drive if you do a lot or read-write to it.
> >
> > And as I see someone else mentioned, it is quite common to
> put your OS on a small partition and leave the other as a storage
> drive of sorts. I don't usually see them split down the middle that
> way, but then again... this is a WalMart special and I'm sorry, but
> I'm no fan of WallyWorld ('course they likely had nothing to do with
> it, it's more likely an Acer decision but a silly one from my point of
> view).
> > It was likely done to allow maximum "idiot-proof" room for
> the default OS folders. You know the "My Pictures", "My Music"
> stuff... so someone doesn't have to learn to look somewhere else on
> their computer... it's all nicely tucked (automatically!) into cute
> little folders labelled for what they are and already affiliated to
> the programs that use them.
> >
> > But yea, having a partition can be a very good thing if used
> for that usefulness. Store the OS on a smaller partition, in case you
> need to reinstall it... it won't affect the rest of your "stuff".
> >
> > Raven
> > (p.s. I thought Acer was a discount brand of one of the
> larger companies... like an eMachines kinda brand)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Wclaring3 <wclaring3@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Wclaring3 <wclaring3@>
> > Subject: Re: [4EmulatorsandRoms] Re: Just Wondering
> > To: 4EmulatorsandRoms@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 2:48 PM
> >
> >
> > Okay I guess this can be directed towards you or anyone
> else that can answer. It came partitioned by one partition haveing
> 144gb space & the other 143gb it's saposed to have a 320gb hard drive.
> What happened to the other 33gb & is a partitioned computer good or
> bad? I'm not really knolegadble in this subject so any help is good.
> > Thanks
> > Wclaring
> >
> >
> > On 11/29/08, radams36 <yahoogroups36@ hotmail.com> wrote:
> > --- In 4EmulatorsandRoms@ yahoogroups. com, Wclaring3
> <wclaring3@ .> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever heard of a computer company called
> *acer* before?
> > > Wclaring
> > >
> >
> > Yes, Acer has been around for quite some time. They
> bought out Texas
> > Instrument's laptop line some years back, and they
> already had their
> > own line of laptops prior to that. My first color laptop
> was an
> > AcerNote Light 361 (Pentium 120).
> >
> > I'm typing this right now on an Acer, the Aspire 3680 -
> pretty good
> > machine for a low-end priced unit. Think I paid $350 for
> it, about 3
> > years ago - still going strong.
> >
> > Anything in particular you need to know about them?
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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