Partitioning scary stuff.... need some s ...

Ok so im looking to partition my drive but I see it as scary because you know i dont want to have a major crash and end up with nothing but spare parts so i need help,advice ... links, free partitioning software if better etc. And how to back up my OS ,important stuff just incase please. Im not completely ignorant when it comes to computers i have my fair amount of knowledge but im only 16 so.Partitioning scary stuff.... need some s ...
[QUOTE=''insidious13'']Ok so im looking to partition my drive but I see it as scary because you know i dont want to have a major crash and end up with nothing but spare parts so i need help,advice ... links, free partitioning software if better etc. And how to back up my OS ,important stuff just incase please. Im not completely ignorant when it comes to computers i have my fair amount of knowledge but im only 16 so.[/QUOTE]Do you mean formating a drive?Partitioning scary stuff.... need some s ...
nope partitioning it .. you know... splitting it up into sections... slightly better performance... being able to boot diffrent OS
[QUOTE=''insidious13'']Ok so im looking to partition my drive but I see it as scary because you know i dont want to have a major crash and end up with nothing but spare parts so i need help,advice ... links, free partitioning software if better etc. And how to back up my OS ,important stuff just incase please. Im not completely ignorant when it comes to computers i have my fair amount of knowledge but im only 16 so.[/QUOTE]Most Linux distros come with partitioning software. It is simple but most of the time unless you have a second hard drive or something to back up the info it will delete everything. It is not hard and there is no risk to your system or hard drive for that matter other than you will delet all of your data. Google it and find a linux that will work for what you are doing. It may sound complex but it turns out to be very easy.
Use Partition Magic
Partition Magic is easy to use and i think its safe
partition magic has screwed up on me before. I use paragon imho superior to partition magic. Paragon makes it easy to create raw partitions with no drive letter associated for easy os installation...that way c drive is main drive in each os
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It does that too...resize, move, consolodate space...pretty much anything you want to do with partions. Try the demo...you get like 30 days
So if i do it i loose all of my data...... games. songs,pics,software, etc? I dont have anything to back up my stuff....no external hdd.. or anything
paragon allows you to create an image of your drive that only takes up about 80 percent of the used space. you could create a partion in some of the empty space using paragon on your current partition and then use that to save the image beforehand.
Step One I download Paragon softwareStep Two I ..........??????
step 2 resize current partion to leave like 20 gb unpartitioned space. then apply changesstep 3 format empty space with new partiion ntfs default settings, apply changesstep 4 copy stuff to be saved into the new partion, pics, docs, music, video whateverstep 5....what are you trying to do again?
Ok... this is the drill i have an 80gb hdd..... technically 74.6gb... but whatever right now its just one big data dump.... i want to partition it into a couple sections... you know for better performance and what not.. and in the future maybe install linux...I want to do this without loosing any of my stuff........i dont want to re download like 8gb of steam games that i have or any of my software and stuff. oh and i have 24gb of unused space.
Partitioning a drive won't give you increased performance, except in some situations.Although it will allow you to (as you've said) install Linux in the future without having to touch your Windows Installation.
If you install your games to a different partion than your os you will NOTICE a performance gain. Games intall tons of files...lots of small ones and a few big ones but the small ones congest the mft and defragging just mixes it all with the os files and moves them farther apart degrading performance. If you want to improve performance the most important thing is separating installed games from the mix. I would create a 40 gig for the os and all programs other than games and use the other space for intalled games and media.
That sounds good and all but HOW...... without loosing anything... i dont mind removing a few of the steam games if i need to make room for something .....because i have the actual disc so...
okay.resize your partion with paragoncreate new partion in empty spacethen just move stuff overif you have game already installed, you will need to unintall them. you cant move themreinstall games pointing to the second partition when setup asks...it might be crytic in the setup wizards but the option is always there
[QUOTE=''NewClean'']If you install your games to a different partion than your os you will NOTICE a performance gain. Games intall tons of files...lots of small ones and a few big ones but the small ones congest the mft and defragging just mixes it all with the os files and moves them farther apart degrading performance. If you want to improve performance the most important thing is separating installed games from the mix. I would create a 40 gig for the os and all programs other than games and use the other space for intalled games and media.[/QUOTE]Well firstly, the only way that you'd get higher performance is to make a partition that went around the outside of the disk, as that's where throughput is highest.And by going with your logic, defragging will just mix up the game files together anyway, hence eliminating any performance increases that way, plus the main important thing is that a file is in one continual block so that the read head doesn't have to skip around the drive. Anything else is a negligable gain at best.
Not sure what you are talking about but the performance upgrade is very noticeable. When you streamline the os partition by removing hundreds of thousands of files you improve the performance of the ''shell'' (os) which affects everything...trust me. I read it in max pc years ago and have been using this method ever since. I had a huge performance gain in windows. the games themselves will load faster and so will everything else.