Partition in XP [Archive]

PMG

11-03-2006, 09:47 PM

I was told i can partition my hard drives within XP,and not a Partition program,where do i go about doing this within XP? I want to split one of my drives up for just for the scratch disk for Adobe Illustrator,and Photoshop!! Thanks

signage

11-03-2006, 10:41 PM

control panel>administration tools>computer management>storage>disk management

PMG

11-03-2006, 11:53 PM

I looked in there the only thing that is active when i Rclick on the drive is-Open-Explore-Change Drive letter or Path-Properties and Help,the help file tells ya how to do it,but what it says is not what i see,and yes im logged in as Admim..........

signage

11-04-2006, 01:18 AM

Pro if I remember correctly you have to add a drive letter then create the partition.

deanalois

11-04-2006, 03:39 AM

Windows disk management tools are not know for working so well they are bare bones get ya by tools.
If it were my PC I would use Partition Magic...An awsome software for disk management. http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80
My 2 Cents

Ken

11-04-2006, 04:29 AM

Or, you could always Format:C...kidding..don't do that.
Partition Magic is good.
Ken

PMG

11-04-2006, 04:45 AM

Ya i have that on the way........Thanks for the information and help!

Shovelhead

11-04-2006, 06:08 AM

when your drive was formatted..........I don't believe you can partition
after the fact without formatting the drive.

PMG

11-04-2006, 06:34 AM

With in XP,yes,,but with Partition Magic you can correct???

Shovelhead

11-04-2006, 06:42 AM

you can partition with the software after the fact.

signage

11-04-2006, 10:37 AM

Yes with partion magic you can create and resize partions after intial format.

Si Allen

11-04-2006, 12:07 PM

With the price of hard drives beingt so cheap, why not just add a second hard drive?

mark in tx

11-04-2006, 01:02 PM

Adding a second drive just for the swap disk can be a good idea. I heartily recommend partition magic, or if you feel adventurous, a Knoppix live disk can do the job if you want to experiment with Linux.

Make sure that the partition or the second drive that you assign as your swap is not shared, or networked. That will increase the performance as a swap.
Lastly, add as much RAM as you can.
I went from 2 gigs of ram to 4 gigs, and I noticed an immediate speed up.

PMG

11-04-2006, 03:12 PM

I do have 2....1 internal and 1 external,and was thinking i need to split the internal 250 up for the scratch disk,the reason i say this is so the data being transfered wont be lost or even slower if i split the external drive,i have it running on the external now ,and it still seems to hang up now and then and act stupid...or is this the norm for adobe products!!!