Hard Drive Partitioning help please

zoidbergmerc · 19th November 2008, 12:39 PM

i just got my self a new WD 160 gig SATA2 and i wanted to partition it for use in my spare gaming rig. i want to have like 40 gigs for windoze and 40 gig for games and 80 gig for movies, but after making the partitions our PC wont recognize the HD any more.

any help would be muchly appreciated.

The_Lukester1 · 19th November 2008, 1:44 PM

What did you use to make the partitions and have you formatted them yet?

Pugs · 19th November 2008, 1:48 PM

partitions are so 1980's just use it as is it will be faster..... then when you can grab a bigger drive for your files.

and besides those numbers don't sound right you loose soem space on the drive for "windows" to do thnigs

zoidbergmerc · 19th November 2008, 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Lukester1

What did you use to make the partitions and have you formatted them yet?

I started off using a permanent marker but then an online guide showed me how to really do it

The_Lukester1 · 19th November 2008, 9:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zoidbergmerc

I started off using a permanent marker but then an online guide showed me how to really do it

Sarcasm much? Seeing as you didn't give much information I started off with the most basic things that would of helped us help you.

TommyV · 19th November 2008, 10:36 PM

Have you tried right clicking My Computer > Manage > Disk Management.
Details should show up in there, you may need to activate the hdds or something similar. If it's not there i think you'll need to use some sort of hdd diagnostics software like seatools, but that's specific for seagate iirc. Or possibly take the hdd back?

....and wft @ permanent marker, are you havin a laff or being serious

gaspah · 20th November 2008, 2:36 AM

yeah... partitions are dead as dead... one big disk.. only way to go... need a backup drive? buy a backup drive...

zoidbergmerc · 20th November 2008, 8:11 AM

i thought permanent marker was the way to go, but apparently if you cut it up like a pie it doesn't work

so then i thought i'd make the partitions like a target like this

and that seemed to have done the trick.

boogerthe2nd · 20th November 2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gaspah

yeah... partitions are dead as dead... one big disk.. only way to go... need a backup drive? buy a backup drive...

And if you need to reformat? What? All that 500GB of files gone? (even backing it up/restoring from a separate hard drive takes unnecessary time. And don't say you're going to give an OS a dedicated 500GB hard drive either.)

Dual-boot/multi-boot?

Partitions still have their uses.

zoidbergmerc · 20th November 2008, 1:40 PM

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Originally Posted by boogerthe2nd

And if you need to reformat? What? All that 500GB of files gone? (even backing it up/restoring from a separate hard drive takes unnecessary time. And don't say you're going to give an OS a dedicated 500GB hard drive either.)

Dual-boot/multi-boot?

Partitions still have their uses.

I agree with everything he just said, esp if you overclock like LOTS and kill your windows install, oh shit there goes all my games and everything.

I have a partition on on my gaming rig for my windoze install and another for games and my docs ect ect and i have to partition my spare rig so it can dual boot ubuntu and XP!.

Partitions are far from dead and anyone who thinks so needs to have a think about what their doing, yeah sure you've got another drive for stuff we would normally put on another partition, sure HDs are cheap but i'm sure i speak for alot of people when i say "i dont have any fucking money for another HD" so we just buy one 500 or 320 and partition it. pretty sure most mere mortals would be happy with one 500 gig HD for everything! OS, games a couple of TV shows and movies, what more do you need for your gaming PC\work station honestly

chrisRRR · 20th November 2008, 8:37 PM

I detect a troll in the ranks...

Pugs · 20th November 2008, 8:47 PM

i smelt troll the second he got here with that lame attempt at leet speak...

zoidbergmerc · 20th November 2008, 9:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugs

i smelt trol the second he got her e with that lame attempt at leet speak...

I beg your pardon?

Pugs · 20th November 2008, 9:09 PM

yeah i tend to type too fast and not really care about trolls

zoidbergmerc · 20th November 2008, 9:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugs

yeah i tend to type too fast and not really care about trolls

yeah i like to type too fast too.

also WTF is a troll?

also who likeT my youtube movie?

also how do you make more partitions in ubuntu after you've installed it. like in windoze you just compmgnt > disk mgnt > right click bam bam done you know?

19th November 2008, 12:39 PM	#1
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19th November 2008, 10:36 PM	#6
TommyV Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Adelaide Posts: 136	Have you tried right clicking My Computer > Manage > Disk Management. Details should show up in there, you may need to activate the hdds or something similar. If it's not there i think you'll need to use some sort of hdd diagnostics software like seatools, but that's specific for seagate iirc. Or possibly take the hdd back? ....and wft @ permanent marker, are you havin a laff or being serious __________________ Main Rig - P5Q Pro Turbo, Q6600 @ 3.4, 9800GT, 2x2G Apacer DDR2, CM 690 Case. Media PC - P5N-E SLI, e6400 @ 2.4, 9600GT, 2x1G Cruicial, CM Extreme 550w, CM Elite 360 Lappies - Acer Travelmate 4230, Toshiba Portege M200 and M400

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20th November 2008, 8:11 AM	#8
zoidbergmerc Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hobart Posts: 875	i thought permanent marker was the way to go, but apparently if you cut it up like a pie it doesn't work so then i thought i'd make the partitions like a target like this and that seemed to have done the trick. __________________ netGameRadio - internet radio for gamers. \| Intel Corei7 920 @ 4Ghz \| FoxConn Flamingblade \| 6GB G.Skill Trident \| 2x 500GB WD RAID0 \| 2x EVGA GTX 285 SuperClocked SLi \| 3x 24" BenQ nV surround \| Intel Core2Quad Q9550 @ 3.6ghz \| ASUS P5Q Deluxe \| 4GB Kingston HyperX \| OCZ Vertex II 60gb \| 2x Samsung 1Tb RAID0 \| HIS Radeon HD 5870 2GB \| Last edited by zoidbergmerc; 20th November 2008 at 8:11 AM. Reason: typo

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