alonso
New member
Well. I just built my first DAW a couple of days ago and stupid of me, a have two 80G Barracudas that I didn't partition. Because I haven't installed almost anything, I am willing to format the HHDs again and partition this time. I use XP Pro. I searched the forum on threads about partitioning but several questions arose:
1. When I put the installation cd, it will prompt me if I want to format and partition. I say yes, ok, but can this installation do several partitions at that point, or do I have to make a partition first and then, within XP, make the other partitions?
2. How should I partition the main 80 ( about 75G actually)drive?
20, 20, 20 and 15? I guess all the OS files would be on the first partition, what other programs should I put in this partition?
3. How should I partition the second HDD, just like the first one?This HDD will have only audio files.
4. Within XP Pro, I can choose witin several types of partitions, mirrored, striped, extended, primary etc, and within making a dynamic disk or a basic one. I really don't have any idea which of these options apply to me, are useful, or will be needed by me in the future. Please shed some light on me.
Any tips and comments will be gladly apreciated.
1. When I put the installation cd, it will prompt me if I want to format and partition. I say yes, ok, but can this installation do several partitions at that point, or do I have to make a partition first and then, within XP, make the other partitions?
2. How should I partition the main 80 ( about 75G actually)drive?
20, 20, 20 and 15? I guess all the OS files would be on the first partition, what other programs should I put in this partition?
3. How should I partition the second HDD, just like the first one?This HDD will have only audio files.
4. Within XP Pro, I can choose witin several types of partitions, mirrored, striped, extended, primary etc, and within making a dynamic disk or a basic one. I really don't have any idea which of these options apply to me, are useful, or will be needed by me in the future. Please shed some light on me.
Any tips and comments will be gladly apreciated.