-=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions

I'm sorry but I didn't see your response until this a.m.  Okay I'm 
challenged here and that's nothing new :-)  I think I understand your 
response to the second question (and if not I'll holler when the time comes)

So as to the first one, I had this long list of explanations of why I 
couldn't find the properties but then found it by accident :-)  I also 
mispoke about the full size of the hard drive as is only 200 gig.

Under usage tab - 7% used, 93% free

Under partition info tab - partition type 07 [hex] NTFS
serial number - and it lists one (you don't need this right?}
First physical sectior:  63 (Cyl 0, Hd 1, Sect 1)
Last physical sector:  199,302,389 (Cyl 1205, Hd 254, Sect 3)
Total physical sectors:  199,302,326 (97,316.6)
Physical geometry:  24792 cyls, 255 hds, 63 sect

Under NTFS info tab - NTFS version 3.1
Bytes per NTFS sectors - 512 (512 per physical sector)
Cluster size - 4K bytes (8 sectors per byte)
First MFT cluster - 786,432
File record size - 1 K byte

It also says it's my primary where the other half that is black is my 
logical.

For the comparison I did the same for the other external that worked fine 
and Im not spotting any difference - hope the info I typed gives you a 
clue - I'm wondering if I shouldn't just take the data off and repartition 
it and see what happens - good idea?

Thanks - Dolores

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:27 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions


> Dolores,
>
> Ans #1.    I've never had that happen to me and I used PM for nearly 10
> years.  I've since switched to Partition Manager by Paragon (although I
> haven't decided if the relationship will become long term yet    lol).  My
> best guess is that the drive and all of its contents perhaps have been
> 'encrypted' either by PM or by yourself after the partitioning.  Whatever 
> it
> is, I suggest that you fire up PM and use it to view the Properties for 
> that
> partition.  It may tell you exactly what's going on with it.  If it does,
> report back here and let us know so we can help you make it right.
>
> Ans #2.    If you're asking whether or not you can go back and 'readjust'
> the sizes later, the answer is Yes.
>
> NOTE to anyone else following this thread:
> The following directions are ONLY meant for Dolores' situation.  The idea 
> is
> the same for all resizing of partitions, but the details (drag to the
> left/right, etc.) will vary depending on the locations & number of
> partitions in question.
>
> Dolores,
>    In Partition Magic, you would first select the second partition of this
> hard drive (the one you want to make smaller) and then use the 'Resize'
> command.  A separate window will open showing you the partition as a 
> simple
> bar with some info below it.  Use your cursor to grab the left end of the
> bar and drag it toward the right (the cursor will change to let you know
> you're at the right spot).  As you move the end, watch the sizes showing
> below the image.  Once you've freed up the amount of space you want to 
> give
> to the first partition, let go of the mouse button and then click on OK.
> Next, bring up the 'Resize' command for the first partition.  You'll 
> notice
> tha the amount of space you freed up previously is now available to this
> partition.  Go ahead and grab the right end of this one and drag it all 
> the
> way to the right so that it eats up the extra space.  When you get to the
> end, let go and hit OK.  Finally, tell PM to proceed with the commands you
> just performed (everything you did up to this point will be written as an
> instruction script for PM to follow during a reboot).
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:36 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- 2 external hard drive quetions
>
>
>> Things so smoothly for me and I can learn from others and then something
>> pops up for me :-)
>>
>> I have used partition magic before and did not have this result so
>>
>> question 1 - I partitioned a 300 gig into 2 parts and the fist part shows
>> up
>> in My Computer as well as all its contents in a blue color - the 2nd part
>> is
>> normal - is this something I can ignore or could it cause me to lose
>> things
>> I store on it?  If I can ignore it anyone know why it did that?
>>
>> question 2 - on another 500 gig hard drive I want to partition it into 2
>> parts again with the first part being around 150 gig - is it possible, 
>> and
>> if so how do I do it, to make that section bigger if I put nothing on the
>> other section?  The reason I want to do it this way is I plan to use that
>> hard drive only for scrapbooking but have found that if I have say a 200
>> gig
>> hard drive with only 50 gigs on it added at different times, it tends to
>> put
>> them all over the place and defragmenting it doesn't do any good - being
>> o/c
>> I want it all nicely together and not scattered around :-)
>>
>> thanks!  Dolores
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