Recovery discs is old school nowadays considering all PC makers no
longer package them along with their PC. Recovery partitions are great
and convenient, but you get a better sense of security if you back
them up on discs just in case. So if you got 3 hours to spare, get
going if you haven't CHAIRMAN Mo!:D

I have use the recovery partition (pre-Vista SP1)a few times already
as well as reinstall XP and i don't recall during both the processes
the option to partition the HD, but then, a lot of that stuff that
pops up is still gibberish to me.

I'm currently satisfy with the current state of my healthy HD (knock
on wood),but if I were to replace it,then...

1) physically install the new fresh drive

2) I can either install the OS (from backup discs) first or prior to
that, access the boot up menu to find the partition option and
partition it beforehand? I'm assuming you can adjust the size of the
partitions right then and there as well?

3)That all partitions should be in the NTFS format?

4)If I were to choose to install the OS first, I can then open disk
management and adjust it from there? If I were to screw up (more
likely than not) the amount alloted for each partition, I can redo them?

5) To restore my PC's software recovery partition, do I simply copy
the entire content from the backup discs into one of the newly created
slot?


Thanks for files CHAIRMAN Mo, I'm going to save them because they WILL
come in handy someday.:)







--- In 4EmulatorsandRoms@yahoogroups.com, "MO" <mo@...> wrote:
>
> 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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