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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19588)	5/8/2001 8:30:31 PM
From: Jack Russell	Respond to of 110652

UMmmm...Eh... Joe where do we sign this petition anyhow... I`m in.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorry could not help it.... ST

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19588)	5/8/2001 8:44:08 PM
From: thecow	Respond to of 110652

SIFKAJB I've never done any of that stuff you're talking about. I will spare you my useless opinion on the subject. Many wiser heads will be along with ideas for you. tc :-)

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19588)	5/8/2001 8:51:07 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Joe, re > My current hard drive is an IBM that came with my Dell. IBM probably just slaps their name on them< You're looking for trouble? IBM designs and makes disk drives and they have done it longer than anyone else. I used to help them do it. Here's a list of IBM disk drives storage.ibm.com Gottfried

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19588)	5/8/2001 9:37:51 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I like grouping similar stuff on their own partitions. My disk is divided into three: One for the OS, another for my own stuff, and the third for images. Drive Image compresses my OS until it occupies half the space allowing two copies of my OS partition if it was full and many more otherwise. Your plan looks workable. Partition Magic enables you to alter your disk without losing data. Since you plan on saving your data to another drive, you can use FDISK supplied with Windows. The downside being a bit of extra work, and needing to repeat the process for any later alterations. Storing images on the 'other' drive seems like a wise choice. You'll get a little extra protection against hardware failure at no extra cost or effort. I think using NTFS with W2K is wise, but since I know nothing of N2K or NTFS, I doubt you could derive much comfort from my approval. FAT 32 has limits, but I don't know what they are. Cheers, PW. P.S. I did some 'discount bin diving' at the local computer store and surfaced with a copy of Partition Magic for about $15 with a $10 mail-in rebate coupon inside. (I also found a Drive Image, but since I already had a copy (full price), I left it for the next person.)