Windows 7: Creating partitions

PSCO2007 · 31 May 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic

That's as expected. No problems.

You will notice that System Reserved is marked Active. That's the only partition that needs to be marked active on that hard drive.

All your partitions are shown as simple and basic. That's good. No dynamic, which can be a major pain.

The partitions on drive 1 are all "logical". That's OK, but it would also be OK if they were "primary".

I assume partition L is some sort of operating system?

You can go back into EaseUS and do what you originally planned, but I'd say this:

Why make a total of 5 partitions on that drive?

Why not just 3: System Reserved, C, and D, all primary? Then use a folder structure on D to subdivide your stuff into DVDs to burn and storage (rather than a 4th and 5th partition). That's what I would do. But your way is OK, too. It's just personal preference.

I just thought partitions would be easier to manage.
Thanks for all your help - I added to your rep- never saw that on any other forums.

L is an external hdd.

ignatzatsonic · 31 May 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

I just thought partitions would be easier to manage.

The problem with a bunch of partitions is that you cannot guess in advance how large they should be. You increase the chance of running out of space on one of them---where you would not if you have just 1 big partition.

A single big partition can also simplify your backup strategy.

I haven't found multiple partitions easier to manage. I used to do that, but now I have 3 drives, all with a single partition--one for the OS, one for data, one for backup.

PSCO2007 · 01 Jun 2012

I took your advice and just made 3 partitions - mbr,primary and storage.
I'll use folders to keeps all the storage straight.

I just wanted the os on a small partition so I could restore quickly if I had a problem.

Thanks again!!

ignatzatsonic · 01 Jun 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

I took your advice and just made 3 partitions - mbr,primary and storage.
I'll use folders to keeps all the storage straight.

I just wanted the os on a small partition so I could restore quickly if I had a problem.

Thanks again!!

OK.

Yeah, a smallish C is a good idea--it keeps the images small.

You would need to restore System Reserved as well as C if you are trying to restore your operating system.

Post a pic of the new setup.

PSCO2007 · 01 Jun 2012

Here it is -

ignatzatsonic · 01 Jun 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

Here it is -

Looks good.

G is logical. That's fine. It could also have been "primary". No need to change it.

L is active. Normally, you would only want a partition marked "active" if there was an operating system on that drive. I am guessing that disk 2 in your pic (with the Elements partitions) does not contain an OS? If that's true, I'd probably mark L as inactive. It isn't likely to cause a problem now, but there's no need for it if there is no OS on that hard drive.

Other than that you are good to go. Good job with EaseUS.

PSCO2007 · 01 Jun 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

Here it is -

Looks good.

G is logical. That's fine. It could also have been "primary". No need to change it.

L is active. Normally, you would only want a partition marked "active" if there was an operating system on that drive. I am guessing that disk 2 in your pic (with the Elements partitions) does not contain an OS? If that's true, I'd probably mark L as inactive. It isn't likely to cause a problem now, but there's no need for it if there is no OS on that hard drive.

Other than that you are good to go. Good job with EaseUS.

The L drive has my xp and windows 7 backups on it.

ignatzatsonic · 01 Jun 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic

Quote: Originally Posted by PSCO2007

Here it is -

Looks good.

G is logical. That's fine. It could also have been "primary". No need to change it.

L is active. Normally, you would only want a partition marked "active" if there was an operating system on that drive. I am guessing that disk 2 in your pic (with the Elements partitions) does not contain an OS? If that's true, I'd probably mark L as inactive. It isn't likely to cause a problem now, but there's no need for it if there is no OS on that hard drive.

Other than that you are good to go. Good job with EaseUS.

The L drive has my xp and windows 7 backups on it.

OK; leave it as is.

PSCO2007 · 01 Jun 2012

It was great dealing with you.

This is the most civil forum around.

Thanks again!!

Paul

gregrocker · 01 Jun 2012

Paul -

I am glad you got the help you needed and have a well-organized system now.

Be aware that Easeus and all other Partition Managers and their boot disks can fail. Only Partition Wizard CD and Disk Mgmt will never fail and lose data.

I have lost data with both Easeus Home and Boot CD during resizing is why I mention this.

In thousands of partitioning operations here using free PW CD we have never had a failure - only once or twice when the user slipped and used the Home Version.

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