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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 ... On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:34:04 -0400, "her hubby" scribbled some thoughts: NOTE: Best viewed in a fixed pitch font 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 -- Sincerely, | (©) (©) | ------ooo--(_)--ooo------ Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\ d(-_-)b | |
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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. -- Sincerely, | (©) (©) | ------ooo--(_)--ooo------ Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\ d(-_-)b | |
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Partition Magic comes with DriveMapper which can straighten out shortcut
paths. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Andrew H. Carter" wrote in message ... 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. -- Sincerely, | (©) (©) | ------ooo--(_)--ooo------ Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\ d(-_-)b | |
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:41:12 -0500, "Ron Badour"
scribbled some thoughts: NOTE: Best viewed in a fixed pitch font Partition Magic comes with DriveMapper which can straighten out shortcut paths. Hmmmmmm! -- Sincerely, | (©) (©) | ------ooo--(_)--ooo------ Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\ d(-_-)b | |
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