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Old September 22nd 04, 05:01 PM
her hubby
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Thanks for your help.I was able to defrag the D drive,get Partition Magic
loaded (I had this program but not Acronis), and created my first 7.9G
partition. Once I get more data moved I will keep going on new smaller
partitions. It makes a big difference in the space used.As one example, one
file went from 131072bytes down to 16384 bytes.

I don't think I will make as many as you did but between the C and D drives
and an external hard drive, I might end up with that many.
Thanks
Phil
"Andrew H. Carter" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:34:04 -0400, "her hubby"
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I had read the article but it did not sink in until I got your

explanation.
Thanks for helping an inexperienced old man.
A test showed that 1kb,4kb or 6kb files each use 32768bytes.

"You are running Windows on a very large hard disk that has a default
Windows cluster size of 32 KB"
If I read that right,what I should do is create some 10G partitions with

8kb
clusters on the D drive for storing her data files.

Will Partition Magic let me change cluster size and/or partition the

drive
into several partitions without losing the data on the drive? I have
Partition Magic but have never used it.
Thanks again.
Phil


I use Acronis Partition Expert and while it is possible to
change the cluster size, I've read it is generally best to
stick with the defaults. If space warrants, I'd squeeze the
partitions even smaller, namely 8GB drives (7.98GB). On my
120GB drive (114GB usable), I divided it into as many
partitions which would bring it down to at least 4KB
clusters, so I experimented until I found that certain
number which was the max for the cluster size, then I copy
pasted for each partion, I wound up with 14 drives of equal
size and 2GB unallocated. Hey, I like things equal. :-)


Partition Size Fat 32 NTFS

1GB to 2GB 4KB 2KB
2GB to 8GB 4KB 4KB
8GB to 16GB 8KB 4KB
16GB to 32GB 16KB 4KB
32GB to 2TB 32KB 4KB


I've no experience with Partition Magic, but from what I
gather, there will be no loss to data.

Here is my structure, for you to consider.

---------- C:\Windows\Temp\Labels.txt
Volume in drive C is PROGRAMS
Volume in drive D is DOS
Volume in drive E is DATA
Volume in drive F is MAIL-USENET
Volume in drive G is FONTS
Volume in drive H is GRAPHICS
Volume in drive I is VIDEO
Volume in drive J is MUSIC
Volume in drive K is SOFTWARE
Volume in drive L is BACKUPS
Volume in drive M is NEWSGROUPS (downloaded attachments
awaiting final disposition)
Volume in drive N is FAMILY
Volume in drive O is FRIENDS
Volume in drive P is PERSONAL


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Old September 22nd 04, 11:22 PM
Andrew H. Carter
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:01:50 -0400, "her hubby"
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Thanks for your help.I was able to defrag the D drive,get Partition Magic
loaded (I had this program but not Acronis), and created my first 7.9G
partition. Once I get more data moved I will keep going on new smaller
partitions. It makes a big difference in the space used.As one example, one
file went from 131072bytes down to 16384 bytes.

I don't think I will make as many as you did but between the C and D drives
and an external hard drive, I might end up with that many.
Thanks
Phil



BTW, that unallocated 2GB+ that I had, well, since the bulk
of my DOS stuff so far is 155MB, I allocated that space as a
new partition and moved my DOS stuff to it, so now I have 15
logical drives! Mind you when you do create a new partition
and depending on how/where you place it, some of the
shortcuts may/may not work. So after I moved my DOS stuff
to the new 2GB+ drive, I have had to do some more
shifting/moving, though I suppose I just could have slapped
it at the end, but I like to think of my DOS stuff as an
extension of my Programs drive, hence it was moved
physically next to the root drive.

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Old September 22nd 04, 11:41 PM
Ron Badour
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Partition Magic comes with DriveMapper which can straighten out shortcut
paths.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Andrew H. Carter" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:01:50 -0400, "her hubby"
scribbled some thoughts:

NOTE: Best viewed in a fixed pitch font

Thanks for your help.I was able to defrag the D drive,get Partition Magic
loaded (I had this program but not Acronis), and created my first 7.9G
partition. Once I get more data moved I will keep going on new smaller
partitions. It makes a big difference in the space used.As one example,

one
file went from 131072bytes down to 16384 bytes.

I don't think I will make as many as you did but between the C and D

drives
and an external hard drive, I might end up with that many.
Thanks
Phil



BTW, that unallocated 2GB+ that I had, well, since the bulk
of my DOS stuff so far is 155MB, I allocated that space as a
new partition and moved my DOS stuff to it, so now I have 15
logical drives! Mind you when you do create a new partition
and depending on how/where you place it, some of the
shortcuts may/may not work. So after I moved my DOS stuff
to the new 2GB+ drive, I have had to do some more
shifting/moving, though I suppose I just could have slapped
it at the end, but I like to think of my DOS stuff as an
extension of my Programs drive, hence it was moved
physically next to the root drive.

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| ------ooo--(_)--ooo------
Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\
d(-_-)b |



  #14  
Old September 24th 04, 06:23 AM
Andrew H. Carter
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:41:12 -0500, "Ron Badour"
scribbled some thoughts:

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Partition Magic comes with DriveMapper which can straighten out shortcut
paths.



Hmmmmmm!

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| ------ooo--(_)--ooo------
Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\
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