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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.
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!!
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.
It was great dealing with you.
This is the most civil forum around.
Thanks again!!
Paul
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.