Partitioning a HD

[imrul]

yup...

 

[440bx]

Click on your username on the left where you posted a message > it'll take you to your profile > in the bottom left of your profile, click on: Access to the whole list of his/her messages

Note: I guess clicking on "See My Threads" does the samething. You can find it at the top with the blue flag.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum1.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=32&page=1&subcat=204&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&moderation=0&new=0&nojs=0

Thanks! That is very helpful.

 

[computernewbie]

lol i bet so many people were confused when that search went away, thx tosh!

 

[JessicaD]

Computernewbie,

Your partition size will depend on the capacity of your hard drive. Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 RC Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check around there for what other users did it partitioning and dual booting Windows 7 and another OS.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[LHammonds]

Regarding the use of a 2nd OS installation only for the scenario of disaster recovery, I do not think that is a wise usage of your disk space.

I'd just recommend having a BartPE CDROM handy in order to boot up and diagnose / fix your system when you need to. A virus cannot possibly affect your BartPE CDROM because it will be #1 Offline and inaccessible to a virus and #2 will be Read-Only because it is located on a CDROM.

A virus scanner can be added to the BartPE CDROM but just like with a secondary OS, the utilities and data will become old over time if not updated. So the benefit of a secondary OS on the HD vs a BartPE on CDROM is nullified. The best scenario would be the ability to create an updated BartPE somewhere other than your potentially dead PC if the occasion calls for it.

LHammonds

 

[myfreedom]

This is in reference to 440bx. I tried to reply to your reply but couldn't and I've been trying to figure out this whole process for the longest time.
I have a very detailed question about partitioning HDD. Where do I begin and how can I post my very long question? Thanks so much.
Your post really helped me the most after sifting through articles for literally about 20 hours. Foolish I know but I need your help as you sound like you know what you're doing.
Thanks
myfreedom