[24hoursupport] Re: Reformatting and Partitioning
- From: "Spider" <spider1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:08:40 -0500
Karren,
If we assume that you are a home user, do nothing important on your
computer, and don't care if you accidentally lose data that may have
sneaked onto your C: drive then go ahead and follow that advice.
Otherwise, this is a reckless method and I would be able to sustain
quite a valid argument for many different reasons with your "tech" that
gave it.
Spider
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Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:03 AM
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Subject: [24hoursupport] Reformatting and Partitioning
Hi,
I recently had my hard drive reformatted and the tech gave me the
following information. Fdisk, then partitioned the hard drive in 2
partitions. One where my operating system and program files will be
stored and the other partition where my documents will be stored. He
then used a "Ghost 2003" program to copy the system and said that in the
future, I should reformat about every 6 months and would
only have to restore using the ghosted cd's. leaving the other
partition intact where my documents are stored.
My question is:
How do I find out how to do this procedure in the event I want to
repeat the process in the future on another computer? What is your
opinion as to this method? How do I find the drive D: where the
documents are stored. The D: drive does not show up in "My Computer".
My computer information is listed below.
Thanks,
Karren
Intel Pentium II with MMX technology
Memory 128 MB
Hard Drive Aprox. 13GB on one partition and 3 GB on another partition.
Windows 2000 NT professional (Version 5.0 Build 2125 Service pack 3)
A: 31/2 Floppy Drive
C: Local Drive
D:
E: Zip Drive
F: CD ROM
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